Bristol Victoria Park

I spent the fall in Bath, England studying abroad. First Great Western and their fabulous trains took me all over the southern half of England, any town I could visit in a day. The closest city to Bath is Bristol, a scant 15 minutes away by train. This is a picture I took in October in Victoria Park. The Victorians built lots of parks so they could have a place to show off their parasols.

England has the most wonderfully idiosyncratic architecture, which is one of the main things that drew me there in the first place. The buildings are old, and their posture just isn't what it used to be, so they sag and slouch in the most charming ways. Most of the houses in Stratford shouldn't even be standing up.

Bristol also has sick vintage shops, including a hilarious American Vintage store with a lot of smelly army stuff.