The Attentive Traveler – Video – The Pump Room – Bath England

When in Rome…. When in England…. do afternoon tea. 🙂

I have been looking forward to this lunch for a long time…

As background… my girls (wife, both daughters) are not what one would call “good eaters”. Not that I am the shining example of a wide pallet (what is it with Avocados anyway…), but comparatively I have a huge pallet. I have been looking forward to getting Jackie at afternoon tea… with that three tiered food-fest brought over… and not really knowing what the heck you are eating? Are you brave enough to try? Most are… but if you are a picky eater… maybe not-so-much. 🙂

The Pump Room, the elegant Georgian hall just above the Roman Baths, offers visitors their best chance to raise a pinky in Neoclassical grandeur. That was what I was aiming for… the grandness of a place (then Princess Elizabeth enjoyed the food, tea and water in the 1940s here). It is high brow. Above the clock on one end of the room, one finds a statue of Beau Nash, who was the mouthpiece that made Bath the aristocratic playground in the 1700s – as Rick Steves would say, he almost sniffles down at you.

Jackie and I took the opportunity to check this out… and had some fun (at least I think so) while doing so. Only disappointment – we could not get one of the waiters on camera to describe what we were actually eating… THAT would have been funny. Here is part 1: (might be a bit hard to hear at times…)

You can come in for tea or a light meal or try a famous “Bath Bun” (we had one this morning – light and very tasty for its size!). You can also get a glass of the spa water (the same water that’s in the fountain at the end of the bath tour that we’ll see tomorrow.

Here is part 2 of our wonderful lunch:

If you can’t tell… (sorry it is a bit hard to hear)… we had a blast. I’d strongly suggest that everyone – during their first visit to England – have afternoon Tea. I can’t think of a better place to enjoy Afternoon Tea… then the Pump Room in Bath, England.