Bath is a gorgeous.
So day one dawns on us making the descision to change venues.....the Hostel just isn't working out. Nothing against the hostel or its staff....20 years ago, I could see myself loving it there. It was by all means full of friendly, interesting people that I had a ton of fun talking with. Truth be told, G and I are 42 and 40, and realized that we require certain things from an abode, no matter how temporary....the least of which is a lack of body odor and crack of dawn full volume conversation of our roomates.
We cross the street to find the last room in the Goerges Hotel...literally, across the street. By comparison, the room is positively palatial....with its own bathroom!!....attached!
Most of the day is spent wandering around the city. the great thing about Bath, is that it is what you picture the quintessential small English city to be. Sandstone buildings, an abbey (in the states it would be a cathedral), cobblestone streets, a canal...friggin briliant!
Abbey Courtyard
Abbey
Pooch
Canal
We grab a dinner of fish and chips and a pint of local brew...hand pulled, before heading out to Steve's to watch the show. Steve lives outside the city proper we grab a cab and get there around 8:15. Hellos and hugs are exchanged, and we get to the business at hand of drinking and watching the show.
The show is brilliant, I can't begin to describe the feeling of hearing that all too familiar tune...."It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere...." chills and goosebumps, uncontrollable flatulence...you name it, we ran the gamut of human emotion.....Our biggest complaint is the lack of a laugh track....it worked well in the previous series, and we were all baffled by its omission here. The Cat(Danny John Jules), seems the least affected by the ravages of time, but as a whole the cast looked great. The writing got serious for about a minute, then the Cat made his appearance and all was well with the universe. The half hour went by far too quickly, but fortunatley Steve had plans for us.
What followed was a whirlwind tour of the best of Brit comedy, we watched "The IT Crowd", "Peepshow", "Brass Eye" and possibly the most innovastive and original show I have ever seen, "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace"
The night was capped by the two part season finale of "Dr Who".......that brought nearly everyone in the room to tears, arguably the best two hours of the Dr I have ever seen.
We left Steve's place at 4:30am to catch our cab back into the heart of our new favorite city. In the words of the ever effusive Steve O'Brien..."Fucking Hell"
in a sluggish economy
inflation,recession
hits the land of the free
The show is brilliant, I can't begin to describe the feeling of hearing that all too familiar tune...."It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere...." chills and goosebumps, uncontrollable flatulence...you name it, we ran the gamut of human emotion.....Our biggest complaint is the lack of a laugh track....it worked well in the previous series, and we were all baffled by its omission here. The Cat(Danny John Jules), seems the least affected by the ravages of time, but as a whole the cast looked great. The writing got serious for about a minute, then the Cat made his appearance and all was well with the universe. The half hour went by far too quickly, but fortunatley Steve had plans for us.
What followed was a whirlwind tour of the best of Brit comedy, we watched "The IT Crowd", "Peepshow", "Brass Eye" and possibly the most innovastive and original show I have ever seen, "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace"
The night was capped by the two part season finale of "Dr Who".......that brought nearly everyone in the room to tears, arguably the best two hours of the Dr I have ever seen.
We left Steve's place at 4:30am to catch our cab back into the heart of our new favorite city. In the words of the ever effusive Steve O'Brien..."Fucking Hell"
in a sluggish economy
inflation,recession
hits the land of the free
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