I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 657. Today the amateur traveler talks about Jane

Austin, Charles Dickens, Neolithic Stones, Georgian England, and Roman baths as we go to bath in England.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about Bath, England.

I'd like to welcome the show Karen Warren from Worldwidewriter.co. UK who has come to

talk to us about Bath in England. Karen welcome to the show.

Hello thanks for having me on the show.

Excellent.

And first of all, what is your relationship with Bath?

Right, I'm actually currently living in Bath.

I've lived here about six months ago and before I moved to I

don't ever been here two or three times but it just looks like a good place to

live and I've been quite overwhelmed with what I've seen since I've been here.

Well and it's been a popular place for about 2,000 years as we'll get into this in a bit.

But why should someone come to Bath to visit not necessarily to live?

Well first thing the whole town is a UNESCO's heritage site which is a bit of a clue that it's quite an

amazing place. The Romans used to come here for their summer holidays

2,000 years ago because of the amazing hot springs. We've probably got the best preserved Roman baths in the world and quite apart from that

it's also an amazing Georgian town associated with Jane Austin if you're a literature lover,

lots and lots of amazing architecture,

but we've also got museums, gardens, lots of restaurants, pubs, etc.

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