South Wales & Chester
Another day, another country - why not!??
Mon 10 Jul 2006
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As briefly mentioned in yesterday's post I visit Wales today. It was beautiful and so close to Warrington!
We went to Betws-y-Coed, a little hamlet in the North of Wales. It's apparently much nicer than Llandudno, which is the other main tourst place in the north. The weather wasn't fantastic, so we didn't spend long there, but it was great to walk around and not be in a museum for once.
The last few days have been brilliant, but the outdoors here is so lush and green, it's totally different to what I'm used to in Sydney. I now see the benefit (!) of so much rain.
I had another grand pasty for lunch and some not-so-grand chips for a snack before heading back into England and the Roman town of Chester. As far as I know Chester used to be the capital of the North-west of the UK in Roman times and it now contains the most complete city wall, as well as some amazing Tudor shopfronts. Even the Maccas and M&S have been redesigned to fit in with the local decor, which I think is fantastic. What continues to amaze me is how old the buildings are. Many of the shophouses have been there since the 17th century, and there was one that dates back to 1272! That's just crazy!!
After Chester we headed back home to Warrington and tea at Andreas, followed by a visit to Helens to play football with the kids one last time and say bye to Mark and Karen. Got loads of photos which I shall post later, suffice to say they are the cutest children I've met in a long time. So polite - they'll really go places!
And now it's off to bed as I have a long day of travelling again tomorrow back up to Glasgow.
PS: For photos of Betws-y-Coed, click here.
PPS: For photos of Chester, click here.
Posted by tristanr 23:43 Archived in Tourist Sites | United Kingdom Comments (0)
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