30 April 2013: Bath, England

TUESDAY

The University of Bath hosts Joseph Nye as part of a free lecture series. Nye presents a lecture titled "Presidents and American Policy" where he investigates the influence of leaders and asks the question of whether the US would have been the dominant country in the twentieth century regardless of who was president.

I am continually astonished by the general inability of the British to take responsibility for their garbage. Note, there is another garbage can five yards away and some of the items on the ground can be recycled.

Walk back to the city center from the university via the public footpath and enjoy a beautiful view of Bath at sunset.

29 April 2013: Bath, England

MONDAY

A three-wheeled car. A back patio.

A sign in a florist's window: Please come in, I am already disturbed. High Common field.

28 April 2013: Bath, England

SUNDAY

Door of a church. Clothes at the second-hand store on Walcot Street.

Pétanque match in Queen's Square.

Rethink Rubbish. "Heavy bags? Next time shop online at Waitrose.com"... prompting laziness.

27 April 2013: Exeter, England

SATURDAY

8:08am train to Bristol.

Sticker on the ground at the Bristol train station: I'm a Tiger. Countryside from Bristol to Exeter.

University of Exeter.

A bunch of old computers and interactive white boards behind a gate at the University of Exeter.

Statue of General Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908) on horse. A pink unicorn.

Yellow tulips. Street buskers and balloons.

Laundry blowing in the wind. "The House that Moved"... this 16th century Tutor house is a listed building. It used to sit 100 yards from its current location. In 1961, Exeter was building a new road, but this house was in its path. Since the house couldn't torn down, they put it on rollers and moved it.  

The quay.

Used bookstore. The Cathedral ceiling.

Royal Albert Memorial Museum... voted Museum of the Year in 2012. WWII baby gas mask.

Smileage. River Exe.

Detailed brick work. A metal unicorn.

At Exeter St. David's railway station. Depart from platform 5.

Sun setting while heading northeast back to Bath.

26 April 2013: Bath, England

FRIDAY

Sun shining on the wet roof across from my bedroom window. Blue sky and clouds reflecting in the window. 

Magnolias. Graffiti: Another Wall Ruined.

This machine may dispense £5 notes. In the US, cash machines do not dispense anything lower than twenties, but in the UK £10 notes are very common and some machines even have "fivers."

25 April 2013: Bath, England

THURSDAY

Disconnected pipe.

24 April 2013: Bath, England

WEDNESDAY

British patio gear display in the store. Hospital of St. John the Baptist founded 1174.

The bus service between Bristol airport and Bath recently started in time for the tourist season. Lining up for the Newbridge Park and Ride.

City View. Two Palm Trees.