Day 13- Bath

Today we left London to head West to Bath. The traffic here is absolutely crazy! I will never complain about peak-hour traffic in Adelaide again. Paul began the drive through the London traffic and instead of listening to the GPS we just followed the traffic to make sure we didn't go in the The Congestion Charge zone. London was the world's first major city to introduce a congestion charge to reduce the flow of traffic into and around the center from Monday to Friday. It costs about  £10. You must pay the charge to avoid receiving a £50 fine. Glad we avoided this charge, but leaving our car in a parking garage cost us a hefty £98 (about $145). Better that than leaving the car on the road and not knowing what would happen to it. Might have cost us more in parking fines! 

On our way to Bath, Paul turned into a motorway petrol  and cafe stop as he wasn't feeling very well. So it was my turn to drive for the first time since we got here. Just a little bit nervous (actually a lot), I decided to visit the loos (the ladies-appropriate London lingo) and have a coffee for my nerves. It was so scary on the roads-so many trucks, getting use to driving a left hand drive on the left hand side of the road. You have to re-think everything. Gear stick is on your right, rear-view mirror is on your right, fast cars are passing on your right, don't forget cars are merging on your left, indicators on your left, windscreen wipers come on automatically when it detects the window getting wet.....etc.....AHHHHH! You see my dilemma. But wait there is more! The beautiful summer weather here decided to turn on the rain again. It hasn't stopped since we got here! At least it's not cold. 20C during the day. 

We found the Holiday Inn Express Hotel without too much of a problem. Thank goodness for the GPS. Paul wasn't getting worse to he decided to visit the local doctor. He has a throat infection, temperature and glands are swollen. Hopefully with a good sleep, so medication and throat gargle he should be on the mend by the morning. 

Daniel and I decided to go to the local supermarket, which is conveniently a 5 minute walk across the road.We cant believe the prices here. Much cheaper than in Adelaide AND they have bananas that are affordable!!!! So dinner was just a simple eat-in meal tonight and a quiet night watching TV. Our first night off since we got to Europe. Tomorrow we are up early to go on a tour of Bath and the surrounding area, so we will have more exciting stuff to tell you all tomorrow of our adventures in Bath! It is a very picturesque town with many buildings made from BATH STONE!