Belgium! Discovering Ghent, Bruges and Brussels…Part Five.

On our last day in Belgium, we wandered around Brussels a bit aimlessly. A happy and relaxed last-day-on-holiday sort of aimlessness. Eyeing the shop windows for choccy, stopping in for moule frites, exploring some back streets and churches. Blissful wandering.

Camera in hand as always. 

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So many treats…

Byeeeee. x

Aquae Sulis

Bath is a marvellous place. One of England’s most stunning treasures.
It is a city simply brimming with history.

As Legend has it, Prince Bladud, who was afflicted with leprosy, was cured after bathing in these naturally occurring hot springs. In gratitude, he founded the City of Bath here in 863BC.
This Prince became the 9th King of the Britons and is also said to be the father of King Lear. Ooooooh.

In 43 AD the Romans conquered Bath and cultivated the city into a spa with temples and shrines to Sulis Minerva, Goddess of wisdom, healing, and sacred waters as well as Aesculopius god of medicine and healing.
The Roman bathhouses are well preserved and incredibly beautiful.

I visited in October, just as the leaves were starting to take on their Autumnal colours.

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Inside the Roman Baths

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The calm waters…still protected by Sulis Minerva?

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And my travels continue…. xx