We left Southampton this morning and headed towards our 2nd country of the trip: Wales. We headed over the bridge into Wales and almost immediately started into some of the most stunning hill country ever (which we will NEVER be able to reproduce in photo/video).
We were destined for the Brecon Beacons National Park however we had a stop at Caerphily Castle just outside of Cardif on the way. This was a pretty large castle with a full moat and was pretty intact. We climbed and clambered over stuff that would have been gated/taped-off/under security in the US :)
We then had some awesome driving throughout the National Park on our way to the hotel in the town of Merthyl Y Tyfdir. We quickly realized that even though all signs on the road were written in English and welsh, we wouldn't be able to pronounce a single place name...even the English versions :) We just picked a random spot (spotted by Lauren) on the side of the road to pull over and go walking. We wound up walking through some sheep fields and said hi :)
Out of the way!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Ireland/UK 2009 - Day 6 Wales
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3 comments:
man, great pictures. I'm sure they don't do anything justice there! Looks like such an awesome trip, wish I was there!!!
I am suddenly filled with a strong desire to make sure there are at least 100 sheep waiting for you on your property when you return. Baaaaa!
Gary, just make sure to number them 1-101 leaving out #17...
Three years later: "WHERE IS #17!!!!"
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