Blogs from Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 151

Unfortunately, no other country in the world seems to celebrate Halloween like the United States does, and none of the other Americans seem to celebrate Halloween as much as I do...this, however, did not stop me from wearing my purple wig and a neon blue striped jumpsuit to the AC Halloween party Friday night and an outfit painstakingly created entirely out of tinfoil to the AC Game Show on Saturday (our house's theme was Space Age - there was a REASON for the tinfoil, really). Luckily I had the presence of mind to have double layers of tinfoil, as the skirt bit ripped while I helped lead Morgannwg to win the dance portion of the show; someone's put a video on YouTube of me dancing with Simon under the caption 'crazy - you won't BELIEVE this'. ... read more

And I'm back and its cold as hell raining and had jet lag unbeleivably four nights of excessive drinking upon arrival and very late nights/early mornings. Off to Spa with mum today for some relaxation and then wednesday carnage begins again as seeing owen my bro on wednesday for uni bar crawl, london next day and thats all organised around drinking and oxford after that. Can't wait... read more

The sky was bright blue. The sun was out. Our spirits were high. But then the pilot started the descent and the BMI Baby plane shuddered before breaking free of the thick, dark clouds. So much for 'the hottest British summer yet'. Touchdown! We were back in Wales. Being the ultimate 'cheapies', we just simply couldn't resist being lured back by the promise of cheaper flights to exotic locations. Vibert rode upfront with Tyrone and Shanna climbed into the backseat with Ebony and re-started the same endless chatter from a month ago. Building upon our experience in Crete, we decided to get us a rental. 1-Car-1 in Tremorfa had a car for us and (what do you know?) it was the same color, make and model as IEK-2400 (see Crete: Nomads in a strange land) except ... read more

Oi! What a gorgeous weekend! Away from the city and into some breathing space! We could not have asked for better weather as if we had custom ordered it. I am speechless. It has taken us this long to get our tongues back and get this thing written after being surrounded by such natural beauty. Even our bed-and-breakfast style hotel, Ty Gwyn ("The White House"), was wonderful--soft cushy bed in a large room (even en suite), and delicious food served in a cozy dining room. And homemade vanilla bean ice cream (I know hand-churned when I taste it!) Our only regret was that we did not stay longer in Betws-y-Coed. Getting to Betws-y-Coed (pronounced Bettus-e-Coy), near Snowdonia, was a different matter: only part of the train pulled into the Reading station, and we had to wait ... read more

I got a letter from my Dad and Marilyn yesterday, and his note at the end saying "We're assuming no news is good news" reminded me that I hadn't written in a while. See Dad? You really do have an influence on me. It's been terribly rainy and foggy lately. The winter rains have started and I woke up one morning about 3 days ago to a very thick fog (depicted in the picked picture). I had a terrible cold for about a week, with no voice for about 5 days of it. You almost forget what you sound like after that long. I was the last one of my flat to get sick so hopefully that will get rid of the illness around here for a while. I fell a bit behind on my coursework ... read more