Our Welsh Adventure

So, visiting London didn't exactly happen, as you can probably guess from the title .... we did however, end up visiting Wales. Once I arrived at Heathrow, I was not feeling well at all - the change in pressure from the landing had made my ears pop to an almost tear inducing extreme, plus, I was completely stuffed up ... needless to say, I really didn't feel like walking around outdoors. So, we drove home and I had a nice long nap, a shower and some tea. Meanwhile, Peter looked for a hotel for us to stay in onvernight in Cardiff, Wales. We decided it would make for a nice overnight trip since it is only a 1 and half hour drive from Amesbury. Around 2:00 we hit the road and found our way to Cardiff, or as the Welsh call it 'Caerdydd'. We learned that becuase Wales is a bilingual country, all of their road signs are in both English and Welsh ...

Once we settled into our hotel we went into downtown Cardiff, saw the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff Castle and had dinner at a really nice Italian restaurant. We walked around a bit .. the streets and pubs were packed with rugby fans watching the England/Ireland match ... needless to say, they were happy when England lost (Welsh rugby fans hate the English rugby team ...) It was a nice atmosphere for sure.


On Sunday morning we left Cardiff and drove to Caerphilly to visit Caerphilly Castle ... it is one of the largest castles in Britain alongside Dover Castle, covering a 30 acre area. It was spectacular .. it had a moat, and a famous leaning south east tower that leaned at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It is also considered to be one of the finest examples of 13th century military architecture.

From there we drove to the village of Tintern to see Tintern Abbey ... after a road 'diversion', otherwise known as a detour, we found our way there. The Abbey was amazing and everywhere we looked lended a great view of the surrounding Welsh countryside. It was hard to know which part to take a picture of!

After these two stops we headed on our way home to Amesbury ... it was a great weekend roadtrip and we're planning on taking many more! The next one we have planned is Bath - we'll keep you posted!

Team PM