Tea at Bath Abbey

For tea this afternoon our group was invited to the Bath Abbey, about a hundred yards from the door of our house. The Abbey is beautiful and has become somewhat of a homing beacon for me in the last couple days. You can see it's tower from just about anywhere in the city, and it is lit at night. Whenever I find myself lost, I just look for the Abbey. In this way we have developed a very trusting relationship and so I was really excited to get to see inside. The parishioners of the church made us all sorts of cakes (I tried fruit cake for the first time and I have to say that it's not as gross as Christmas specials would like everyone to think) and tea. We got to poke around and look at all the stones and the beautiful stone carvings, not to mention the stained glass. Then a very nice old British man named Jeremy gave us a tour of the Abbey and told us all about it. Meg, you would have loved this part! He told us that the first king of all of England, King Edgar was coroneted in the cathedral that stood where the Abbey is now in 973 AD. Bath was very important back then and they were very proud to have the new kingdom begin in their city. The ceiling of the Abbey was carved by hand by these two mason brothers named John and Robert for the Bishop of Wells. It is incredibly beautiful and I wish I had brought my camera. They said we were welcome back at any time as honored guests, so I promise that before I leave I will get some pictures of it for you all.