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Penzance, Cornwall, England
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| We stayed at Halcyon B&B in Penzance, just half a block from the water. | We walked into downtown Penzance along the waterfront. That's Mt. St. Michael again. |
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| We passed this pub each day on our way into town. The architecture and Irish green iron fence took my fancy. | Their gate, too, was Irish all the way, and unique. |
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| Our path into town took us past the boat basin. Note all the pleasure craft. | We discovered a treasure, an olive bar that served light meals. You ordered inside the tiny shop, and ate outside. |
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Tomato and cheese pannini served with a marinated veggie salad, and a dish of Mediterranean olives on the side. You can't do much better than that.
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Every day we took a walk on the promenade, and sat on a promenade bench and watched the sea. |
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Bath, Somerset, England
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Ashley House, our B&B in Bath, was in the suburbs, but only a twenty-minute walk from the town center.
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As in all of England, flowers and greenery are rampant in summertime. |
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| The sunny, pleasant diningroom in Ashley House. | The owners of Ashley House were on holiday, so Renata, from Prague, ran the B&B while we were there. She was a very efficient young lady. |
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| Half a block from Ashley House was a neighborhood pub with good food and free internet. We spent a lot of time there. | The entrance to Royal Oak pub. They had two picnic tables on the walk, and nice outdoor garden dining in back. |
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| Like so many tourist destinations in the U.S. and Britain, bright red step-on tour buses rolled around the town. We took all the tours they had to offer, as well as using them to get from place to place. | Bath got its name from ancient Celtic baths here in the natural hot springs. The Romans later built these elaborate baths in the same place. These sculptures (reproductions) look down on the main bath chamber. |
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| This is only one of a series of baths built by the Romans, and open for viewing now. An individual audio tour takes you through them. | In the historic Pump Room Restaurant (of Jane Austen fame), Roman Bath visitors can drink of the theraputic waters. Most people think it's terrible. I thought it was tasty, and drank mine and Bob's both. |
