Hello!
Cardiff: We arrived in Cardiff and spotted the massive Millenium Stadium. We checked in to the lovely NosDa Hostel and went to explore the city centre. We walked to the castle and saw the GB Rally cars rolling in to the finish of their big race. Next day we walked to Cardiff Bay and relaxed at the hostel. We met, and drank with, a lot of lovely people here, heaps of Aussies and Irish too! We got some tickets to see the Cardiff Devils Ice Hockey play so we went and watched it with Reece, our Canadian friend. It was our first Ice Hockey match and we are now officially hooked lol!
Swansea: Swansea is a lovely seaside city and we cannot get over how friendly everyone is in Wales!! Once we were settled into our hostel, which had a very eccentric owner who would have been able to talk underwater with a mouth full of marbles haha, we walked down the esplanade to Mumbles. We had a nice lunch and froze our bottoms off near the pier. The weather has been quite erratic, some days it’s freezing cold and others are quite mild and sunny (they had snow here this time last year!) We took the coach out to Three Cliffs Bay and Rhossili to see the ‘Worm’s Head,’ it was fantastic. The coastline here and really gorgeous, we loved how the sheep farms just go straight to the edge of the cliffs and down to the beach haha. The trees are now a lovely mix of orange, green, pink, red and yellow!
Llandovery, Llandeilo: We caught the scenic train from Swansea to Llandovery to meet our relative Pat Smith. Pat is the mayor of Llandovery and she kindly showed us around the town and the surrounding areas. We enjoyed dinner with her and Rosie, meeting Gwyn and the family and visiting the big dam. Pat made us traditional Welsh food as well! We had cawl for dinner, Barra Brith for afternoon tea and she sent us off on the train with two packets of Welsh cakes J Pat was very hospitable to us and we thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and seeing the area where they live. We hope they visit Australia again so we can show her the same kindness J
Reece and EJ
Oh, and EJ has officially tried Welsh pantry faggots haha! Delicious! ;)
EJnRHE xx
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