Blogs from Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark found the bus timetable between Llandudno and Bodnant Garden from the Internet. We thus visited there on Monday, 21 April. There were a lot of shops and some galleries around the entrance area. Having entered the garden, myriads of flowers, e.g. rhodondendrons, magnolias, cherry blossoms, camellias, azaleas, and daffodils were smiling for us. It was just perfect time for us to view those spring flowering shrubs and plants, which were about to bloom fully. We explored the formal gardens around the house, consisting of 5 terraced gardens, ponds, Italian sculptures, pergolas, and the Round Garden with fountain and herbs in the morning. We also walked down to the riverside and the Old Mill. We saw many charming sights, e.g. water streams, red, pink, purple, and orange coloured azaleas and rhodondendrons, tree ferns, and lofty ... read more

We were unsure what to expect at Llandudno, as we had read about it and it seamed interesting and it was close to the sea. After finding our Hostel on the beachfront we found out that we had booked a cheap Hotel and that some of the Hostels we had stayed at were nicer. We didn't want to let this affect what we thought of Llandudno as we really only wanted a place to sleep. We went to Conwy Castle and looked around there for a while. This is one of the better castles that we have seen as there has been no extensive renovations to it. The only thing they are doing is renovating the stairs to make them safe to use, otherwise it is left as is. We could imagine how people lived back ... read more

...Full Of Beautiful People That Speak Funny!! Out of the capital and back on the train, I had a full day of travel ahead of me. From Cardiff across to Heresbury, a rail replacement bus to Shewersbury, and back onto a train to get into North Wales. Not a good start when the first train runs twenty minutes late before even boarding. Luckily, the bus waited for us at Heresbury for the replacement service but dropped us of two minutes after the next train connection left. It was an hour wait for the next one which then made me reach my final destination at around 8pm. One hell of a day!! On a brighter note though, I got to see a lot of countryside including some of the places my father used to talk about going ... read more

In Wales. Another day another castle. Wales is lovely. Weather is not.... read more

Neuropsychologists know that the way the human mind experiences time is largely dependent on mechanisms in our brain that we are born with. Every human being has a brain "biorhythm." This is the general "pulse" of electricity through the brain. It can vary in different environments between thousandths of a second and about 3 or 4 seconds. This biological timepiece effects the way cognition and memory process information; the more shocking, novel, boring, or detailed our input is, the more we'll deem the time as "dragging". That is to say, if it requires lots of memory processing of small details (especially if they are related to the body) time seems protracted. However, if you are doing a complex task (processing lots of small details), but that task is routine, then time seems compressed--it seems to go ... read more

A beautiful Autumn weekend in Wales. We stayed in Llandudno (pronounced - clan-duidno) which is a "seaside" town in north Wales, about an hour and a half from Manchester. It looked quite the typical British Seaside town - with the big hotels lining the street across the road from the beach, and the promenade and of course the Pier. we also took a day trip through to Conway and saw the castle. All in all a really great weekend - I will be heading back to Wales ASAP, once I have work and money.... read more