In an attempt to not travel outside of the UK during our remaining time here, we decided to take a trip to Wales. While we had some doubts due to comments from friends and coworkers, we managed to have a really good time.
We spent our first afternoon in Cardiff checking out Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Castle, and strolled through Bute Park. Something about the leaves changing colors and random Welsh people wearing costumes wandering the streets preparing for Halloween really gave the city a fun Fall atmosphere. The bay of Cardiff is also a pretty cool place to walk around and grab some food by the water.
On our second day there, Jolene booked us a trip with SeeWales that took us through Swansea and down to the coast of Gower Peninsula to check out the first officially dubbed Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom. We got to hike different parts of the coast on the edge of some crags, mingle with sheep, and a chance to get hit in the face by some unexpected Welsh sleet (it was sunny about an hour earlier!). This was also Jolene's first chance to touch the Atlantic Ocean from the other side.
2 comments:
Travel is always good and I am jealous about Jolene getting to touch the Atlantic from both sides.
It is funny that hiking through herds of sheep or touching an ocean is what makes her smile. I think she's part hippie!
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