Had a very uneventful 3.5 hour drive to Bath as we were traveling on divided highways all the way, which made it a lot less stressful for me and as it was a Thursday, the traffic was fairly light. Tom Tom guided us to our apartment in the heart of the old town without difficulty. Finding a parking spot proved a little more problematic. Even though we had a parking permit that went with the apartment it did not guarantee a parking space. When we arrived there were no parking spots and so I double parked next to a motorbike and Rita went to meet with the person handing over the keys. Thankfully, after about 10 minutes the bike rider came and took off leaving me with his parking spot. It felt like the episode in Seinfeld where George finds a parking spot in front of Jerry's apartment and does not want to leave it as it will never happen again. As we were in the center of old town Bath, I am not going to move the car until we leave in three days time. Our apartment flat was built by the famous Bath architect John Wood the Younger in 1780 who along with his father, John Wood the Elder were responsible for most of the design of Georgian Bath. Really like the apartment as it has 19ft ceilings and an open design so you really feel you are in a bigger place. We unpacked and headed out the door to explore a bit of our neighborhood and find a place for dinner. We stumbled onto the lovely 57 acre Royal Victoria Park which sits in front of the Royal Crescent, the grandest of Bath's Georgian crescents consist of 30 mansions in a long, graceful arc that is impossible to take in at glance. Built in 1774 by John Wood the Younger it epitomizes the wealth and gentility of Bath's glory days. Just behind the Royal Crescent we found a lovely gastro pub and had a very nice dinner.
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