9-14-2010

After Gavin's first day of work, I met him at the train station so we could go get some dinner together. We had asked some people where the best fish and chips were and they mentioned this little place near the Christmas Steps shopping area that we went to. They weren't the best, but it was an enjoyable dinner.

The next day, I went out wandering in Bristol. This is a street near Queen's Square.

Queen's Square.

A view of the harbour.

The giant mirrored ball in Millennium Square. You can see me taking the picture in it.

This is the Council House, which is the government center for the city.

The main entrance.

Each end of the building has a unicorn on top.

This is Bristol Cathedral. The Abbey here was built in the 1100's, but only ruins remain of that. The current Cathedral was built around the 1500's.

The ceiling. I wasn't really supposed to take pictures, but a sweet guide let me take a few to show my family. It reminded me a lot of the National Cathedral in DC.

I went to the Bristol Museum to get out of the rain. It was a lot of fun, but a little randomly put together.

They were doing an Egypt exhibit, where they had several different tombs on display.

This is a lure fish. Ugly thing, isn't he?

This was a sea monster that was pregnant. You can see the fetus by the big arrow at the bottom.

They had the first box plane in Bristol hanging in the main entrance.

This was a picture of Bristol drawn in 1717.

This was a Giant Irish Deer. It was about double my height. I wouldn't want to run into him in the wild.

Someone made a dinosaur of Bristol, including the suspension bridge.

Gypsy van.

This is china from China from the 1100s.

A bird of paradise.

A model of a dodo bird.

This is the Willis building at the University of Bristol. It was right next door to the museum.

Park Street. It's the "hip" shopping center in Bristol. Plus, there are a lot of clubs and bars here, although there are clubs and bars everywhere here. :)

A cute street right off of Park Street.

There is a street artist in Bristol named Bansky and his art is all over the city. This is one of his more famous pieces, minus the blue paint.

After meeting Gavin at the train station, we went to a pub for dinner. The fish and chips were much better this time.

Gavin's work is going well. We had a little mishap when one of his id cards got misplaced, but we found it. He might have left in it the computer at work... :)