Wales

I’ve wanted to do Wales since I got here and I finally had the opportunity to go with Kelsey’s friend Michelle who came to visit.  We met with our tour group in London and got on our tour bus with a group of about 15 and started driving to Wales.

We made our first stop in Chester, England, which is an old medieval in city.  We walked around the city for a bit and took pictures of the 2^nd most photographed clock in England, Eastgate Clock.  The city had really great black and white architecture as well.  We had a jacket (baked potato) for lunch in an old Roman bath and got back on the road.

 We then arrived in Wales, and stopped at coastal city named Conwy.  It’s a walled in city and our tour guide had us walk around the perimeter on top of the wall.  We had really good views of the city.

Then we drove a little bit further to the North West Coast of Wales to the city of Llandudno where we checked into our hotel.  Michelle and I wanted to go out for fish and chips so we went to the place our tour guide recommended and had an awesome meal.

 

There was a pub nearby so we went there for a couple of pints.  We met up with some other people on our tour as well as our tour guide.  We had a very diverse group of Irish, Australians, Americans, Brazilians, and Argentinians.  A couple of us went down to the High Street to a couple of other pubs and then we called it a night.

The next morning we met at the bus and drove to the city in Wales with the longest name in the UK:  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.  We had some fun trying to pronounce the name that is 58 letters!

From there we made our way to Caernarfon Castle.  We had a great time wandering around the castle grounds and in and out of different pathways and up and down lots of narrow windy staircases.  We joked that it was a huge adult sized playground.

Overall, I had a fantastic time in Wales and I wish I’d had more time to explore!