Blogs from Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

De retour sur les sièges inconfortables d'avion (là-où-il-est-impossible-de-passer-une-nuit-réparatrice), afin d'assister à une semaine de cours des plus intéressants ( voyez par vous même ), à l'Université de Bangor, puis une semaine de découverte des environs (tant qu'à y être!) en très bonne compagnie!! :) Je suis partie hier (samedi, à l'aéroport dès 16h) et viens à peine d'arriver à la résidence de Bangor, soit autour de 10h am, dimanche (heure de Montréal). Voici, en primeur, mes tous premiers ressentis de cette (déjà) palpitante aventure...: Une nuit blanche et un total de 18 heures caractérisées par: 2 voyagements en avion (intrecoupés par une course folle dans l'aéroport), 1 en bus, 2 en train, et une petite marche santé pour fiiiinaaaalement arriver à desti... read more

Well, I am near Bangor, in Tregarth. Actually at this moment I am sitting in the Star Cafe in Bethesda. I started hiking up hill behind Tregarth, with instructions how to come down the other side and find pub in Pentir. Great views of sea and mountains up there. Got lost several times and was given directions from friendly locals. I didn't expect such a long trek (longer when lost and have to repeat going up that hill through tiny forest). I got to this pub by one thirty, starving, only to find it closed Monday and Tuesday. Damn! Thank goodness for the blackberries I was munching along the way. I had no clue where I was, because I expected to get directions from people in the pub, how to return to Tregarth. Nobody was around, ... read more

Today was the day for Caernafon!!! I woke up earlyish and woke everyone up getting ready. Of course s2 slept in the computer room making it very convienent for me! Anyways Simon got up after awhile and made me a cup a tea and i had some breaky to prepare for a long day. I took the train to Chester and transferred to Bangor.Lovely train ride it was super rainy but I saw the Irish Sea and tons of hills with sheep and all that countryside splendour. From Bangor it took awhile to get a bus to the castle. Also it was pretty expensive but it ended up working out pretty well for me. Once i got to Caenarfon I asked the bus driver how to get to the castle and he insisted he didnt know!!! ... read more

I'm here, finally, safe and sound! I can't believe its actually here. I've thought about this semester for years and its here! I'm actually in a different country and will be for the next 5 months. I hope I can summarize my adventures for you all here, and if you want to hear about anything more in depth, just let me know. Or if you have any questions just email me. Also let me know if you have a problem with any ranting, because I tend to say a lot when it really isn't all relevant and travel off on tangents about silly little details that I find interesting but you may not. Actually there is probably a lot of stuff that I find interesting that others probably could care less about. Anyway, I will catch ... read more

This is my account of my horrible, rotten, no good, very bad day. Please be advised that this is just one day in a list of very amazing, fun-filled, exciting days. If you are planning on going to Rome, or anywhere in Europe for that matter this could be an interesting one to ready, but please don’t let it be the only one you read. I would still go back to Roma, Italia in a heartbeat, maybe after I learn a little more Italian. This day should have been a blank in the ol’ blog, but because of certain unforeseen events it has become one that I think needs to be shared. It started very early in the morning after a very late night of packing. I had already figured most things for today out, and ... read more