Sunday, January 19, 2014

P.S. I love Wales (Day 1)

My first (and very eventful) day in Wales:



We went into a town called Llandudno and walked along the Victorian promenade and into the center of town. I know Wales was inspiration for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" but I'm not quite sure if Llandudno played a significant role in his writing, as the town had some wooden statues of the Queen of Hearts and other characters from the book. It's about 20 minutes away from Bangor, so definitely worth another day trip.

(No pictures, oops. Just another reason to go back!)

After that, we headed to Conwy. We walked around the Conwy Castle's walls (1 castle down, 640 to go), saw the smallest house in Britain and ate some food at a Welsh pub (I had chicken schnitzel and chips, mmm).



Then, we made a quick stop to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a town in the Isle of Anglesey. Yes, that's the actual town's name. No, I have no idea how you pronounce it. It's the longest town name in Wales and one of the longest town names in the world.



It's funny because when looking at courses to take, I thought it might be interesting to register for an Intro to Welsh class...pretty sure I would fail.

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