Let’s take a Bath!

If you ask me for a city to visit on a day trip from London, Bath will definitely be my suggestion.

Bath is the perfect town to spend a day and disconnect from London.

You can rarely see any modern buildings or concrete towers under construction, all you can see are Georgian houses built of the characteristic yellow stone.

The downside side is that there is not much to do for more than a single day excursion.

You can walk through the streets and look around the beautiful houses, most of them with colourful flowers in their entrances. Circus Square and Royal Crescent street are the most famous pinterest places to take a photo and imagine you are in the Georgian Britain. On a sunny Sunday you can even listen to music at the Royal Victoria Park’s bandstand.

The Roman baths are nice. The main pool is romantic picturesque, but being honest, when you come from a Roman City like me, it is difficult to be impressed.

The Modern Spa is a good place to relax and recover your energy. Just be aware that it can be full of hen parties and it can be difficult to have a space in front of the mirror of the changing room. I strongly suggest to bring your own hair (with a sigh of frustration).

Iguazu Falls

There is a legend behind the story of the waterfalls of Iguazu. As usually the legends is about love.

Some centuries ago there was a big snake living in the river Iguazu. Once per year the people from the towns around the river had to sacrifice a women and give it to Boi, the big snake, by throwing her into the river.

That year it was the turn of Tarobá, a beautiful Indian woman. However a young Naipí fall in love with her and planned to save her life.

After trying to convince all the neighbours to not sacrifice Tarobá, Naipí decided to kidnap her the night before of the sacrifice. He took her with his small boat and escaped down the river.

Boi the snake realised of the romance which drove it mad. Its fierceness was so big that it broke the riverbed creating the waterfalls. Tarabá and Naipí were separated by  the water.

Naipi was turned into a palm tree. Naipi was entrapped at the top of the cliff with her hair forming the falls.

The big snake immersed into the river and it still keeps an eye on them to prevent them from being together.

If you go and visit the falls you will see that the creation of Boi is  breathtakingly beautiful. It is for that that the waterfalls are considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.