Roman Baths, originally uploaded by ECUK08.

Monday and Tuesday have been very busy for the UK Crew. On Monday we stayed in London. We went to the Churchill War Museum to see the bunker he called home for much of World War II, especially during Hitler's blitzkrieg on London. Then we took a stroll down Parliament Ave to see Westminster Abbey. Unfortunately they did not allow any pictures to be taken, but I can attest to its beauty. Hundreds of graves and memorials have been packed into the Abbey over the course of 1,000 years. And, staying true to the stereotypes of the English nobility, each grave and memorial is elaborately fashioned in gold-flake paint, elaborate sculptures, and Latinaic verse. Some of the names include Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton (the same sculpture from the Da Vinci Code movie), William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, King Henry III, and Mary Queen of Scots.
After all that we hopped across the street to Parlaiment, where we saw the House of Lords in action (It seems to work much more smoothly than US Congress. The House of Lords debate, Congress jibbers). The Gothic architecture inside is the same as the outside, simply beautiful. But, with good reason, no pictures are allowed inside.
On Tuesday we took the train to Bath, where we saw the ancient Roman Baths still working. The water is highly sulphurous, and comes out of the ground at a steamy 114.8 degrees. Little of the intricacies of the Roman Baths remain. There are no elaborate filigrees or rosettes, and what they have found is only a small glimpse into the beauty of the Roman Baths. Nevertheless, the accomplishment of Romans at Bath attests to their power and influence felt throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.