Blogs from Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 155

Helo from Wales! We arrived here on Monday afternoon after a fantastic train ride via Birmingham and then to Aberystwyth where my friend Daf lives. Daf and I met in Grenada last summer on our mission trip. Throughout the countryside we saw many sheep (defaid), some even running up hill... silly sheep! As soon as you cross over into Wales the geography changes quite significantly into rolling hills and small mounts. The sky was so blue and the weather was phenomenal. At one stop an elderly gentlemen dressed complete with a brown trenchcoat and Sherlock Holmes hat boarded our car; I broke out into silent laughter as this appeared to have been out of a movie. The strangest thing was, no sooner than a couple of minutes later he was typing away on his palm pilot. ... read more

Well everyone I have made it back safely to the land of sheep and eternal rain; that's right I'm back in dear old Cymru (Wales). I arrived home at 7:20 yesterday morning...which is pretty much the time I began pining to go back to South Africa and I am already couting the days til I'm next there. Now where did I leave you? I believe that I was about to go to Cape Town? I know that was a while ago. It seems my vows to get better at writing more regularly never came to fruition but believe me, the intention was certainly there at least? Anyway, Cape Town was all it was cracked up to be and then some. I think the thing that struck me the most was that I was in the middle ... read more

SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK - NORTH WALES Back from Brazil, staying over at friends' places: Celso and Alex. Ana was in London for the last bit of her holiday and was brave enough to be the very first pillion passanger in my new VFR; I forgot to take the padlock off and we both fell with the bike. Ana had to help me lift the bike so that my left foot could be freed from under the weight. Had I broke a bone? I thought so but changed my mind quickily when I got to the Whittington in Archway around 11pm and found the waiting room crowded - luckily the foot got better quickily... Three days after that I was off to SNOWDONIA with Helen and Ed: a weekend of trekking, scrambling and climbing which could well ... read more

This time next week me, mam and Kate will be in Zaragoza! It's getting nearer and nearer and I'm bracing myself for when it hits me in the face! lol I'm starting to get my things together now and I can hopefully take 2 cases, a backpack and my laptop bag- that should be enough space for everthing I need. And I had breakthrough today. A French girl called Marine, who I met on Facebook via a Zaragoza erasmus group, has found a place to live and has offered me one of the remaining free rooms! yey! soooo excited! all i know about the flat so far is that it's on Calle Felix Latassa, and not far from the Uni. It'll be 325Euros a month and thats including charges and internet! so don't fret- I will ... read more

"I'm sorry ma'am but you can't get to Cardiff today. The roads are all flooded out". Shanna stared wide-eyed at the man behind the counter who had just punched up this information on his computer 'thingy'. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. Walking back to Vibert, she related the bad news. Several parts of the UK were experiencing the worst flooding ever and apparently Cardiff was one of those places. British Airways had deposited us on time from Barbados and it took just about 30 minutes to clear immigration and customs and guide ourselves thru the city-sized Gatwick International Airport. And right away, at 6:15 am on a Monday morning, we were faced with a dilemma. Tyrone, Vibert's eldest brother, lived in Cardiff, with his wife, Dawn, and their daughter, Ebony. Cardiff is the ... read more