18. Bath Sketch, England

Roman Baths, Bath, England

This my eighteenth and final sketch for The Sketchbook Project and the final destination for me and my husband's big Europe trip! Our last stop, as you have probably already guessed, was back in England: Bath! Once again, very beautiful. We spent about four days here -resting and sightseeing. We did the hop-on hop-off bus tour once again. I was interested in all the Jane Austin destinations and information. I could see one of her stories easily coming to life there! Beautiful and quite romantic. I've sketched the fascinating Roman Baths. We were able to taste the water too. Urgh! The markets in the main shopping area were incredible. The amount of customers crowding to buy from the stalls was amazing to see. I would love to set up a stall there one day!!

Well, this project has been a lot of fun. I had wanted to sketch while I was on the trip, but I was too busy sight-seeing and too exhausted by the evenings. So I'm really glad that I got to take a trip down memory lane and sketch them all now for this project. I hope you have enjoyed reading all the stories and seeing my sketches!

Now, back to pottery...

17. Scotland Sketch

Scotland

We both loved Scotland. This was in Edinburgh. I think it was Edinburgh Castle. Everything there was beautiful, fascinating and so rich with history. I think it was probably my favourite city of the trip! It was very cold while we were there though. We also visited Glasgow and Inverness. From one of our hotel rooms we had a view of Loch Ness.
This is a funny sketch. I think I'll stick to architecture!!! :)

16. Ireland Sketch

Blarney Castle, near Cork

Our next country was Ireland. We started in a southern town, Cork. In the morning we tried a Full Irish Breakfast. Interestingly it looked and tasted exactly like the Full English Breakfast! ;)
This sketch is of me standing next to some of the biggest leaves I have ever seen in my life. They were in the garden surrounding Blarney Castle. They looked like giant marshmellow weeds (a weed in Australia anyway) and they were bigger than me! The scenery in that area of Ireland was very beautiful!

We also visited Dublin for a few days. We then travelled by bus up to Northern Ireland and stayed in Belfast. I didn't have room to put every destination in, but they were both very interesting places. We had one scary encounter in Belfast, which spoiled the experience. So we might not visit there again. But I'm glad we went there for at least few days!

14. Bournemouth, England Sketch

Here's a quick sketch of Bournemouth! It's actually in a suburb next to Bournemouth. We stayed with some extended family there. We went for a nice (but very windy) walk along the beach. Very relaxing!

13. London Sketch

Big Ben

We absolutely loved London! We were only there for 4 day, but wish we could have spent 2 weeks there (at least). We did the tourist hop-on hop-off bus tour, which I would recommend. Especially the one with a live guide, not just the recording. The whole of London was stunning. The buildings were beautiful. We saw big Ben from the tour bus and then again at sunset on the London Eye. On our first night in London we saw the Queen!

Switzerland Sketch

This is my next sketch for the Sketchbook Project (which you can read about here). I did send it away on time, but I haven't finished posting all the images!

This is of our next destination on the big Europe trip: Switzerland! We spent 3 days travelling around Switzerland by train, bus and ferry with a friend (Lukas) who I met in China. This is one of the beautiful lakes.