Blogs from Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 147

Today we headed of for Llangollen (pronounced clangoclen - or thereabouts!!) Once again the Navgirl decided to give Mark's driving a test. We went on a few small roads instead of the major highways. You see with the SatNav you can choose to go to a place the fastest or the shortest... I know what you're saying... that would be about the same thing wouldn't it?... well no it isn't.... the fastest was going to be somewhere around 200 miles of traveling.... the shortest was 130 miles... which way I here you say??.... well the shortest of course.... BAD MOVE!! I think this time we actually hit some Z roads... they even had grass growing in the middle of them!! LOL.... A quick re programing of Navgirl and we headed for some of the bigger A ... read more

Those of you who’ve been keeping in touch with me over the phone already know the story of my little adventure. But for those of you who’ve neglected to call me, never fear - through the wonders of the internet, the details of the story can be yours! I should just mention before I begin that some of the themes are a little adult (or maybe just childish) but if you’re feeling prudish, you may as well read this entry another day, or after a strong drink. I thought about not including this story at all, or censoring it, but I figured if I kept this blog politically correct it might get boring rather quickly, and that I’d probably eventually drop it. Besides, I’m sick of retelling the story, so this’ll be the last time for ... read more

I did not wake up this morning to find I had turned into a gigantic insect, but it was just as surreal. First of all, I think I've actually got a legitimate sunburn in February. The weather is so alliteratively brilliant and balmy and beautiful that I've spent all my free time outside for the past few days; I even succeeded in having my Spanish class taught outside this Thursday because I announced that I would die a cold and sudden death without the beautiful rays of the shining sun (I said it in Spanish, and I don't actually have the vocabulary yet to be sane when I ask for things). Perhaps the weather itself is attempting to make up for certain other heartless nature-butchering eco-fascist anti-non-conformist qualities of the world, not mentioning THOSE AWFUL FAT ... read more

Hiya Everyone Today we headed off nice and early from the hotel so we could get a bit of travelling done. We was all packed and breakfasted (is that a word?) by 7.30am and headed of to Stonehenge. We made better time than we thought, so hung around in the village of Amesbury for an hour until the rocks opened. What a lovely little village. The pub was opened in the 16th century, and all of the doors leading into the shops around the place were so low that I nearly had to duck to get through them! We went to the stones and had an audio tour around them. What a great place. The history is all speculation, they don't really know how they got there or what their purpose was but the amount of ... read more

First Entry: We arrived in England four days ago. We've been staying in the small town of Goudhurst. When people talk about small town England, they're not just talking about the number of people in the town, they're also refering to the diminutive size of all of the towns structures. It's hilarious, ducking your head to enter someone's house, or walking past a shop whose eavestroph only reaches to your shoulder. We've just arrived in Cardiff, Wales - the South-West side of the UK. It's very beautiful, and a university town to boot, so we'll be sure to have some fun here. We're just about to head out to see some sights, and later we'll be going clubbing, which is apparantly what everyone does here. soooo someone is reading over my shoulder. and I should get ... read more