Caernarfon Castle

First Field Trip

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January 21st 2008
Today we had our first field trip for the required class I'm taking, Introduction to Welsh Culture. First, we took a bus just 8 miles from Bangor to Caernarfon (pronounced cair-NAR-vun) Castle, the largest Norman castle in the world. It was still in really good shape, so we were able to go inside and walk through all the dark tunnels and dungeons and climb most of the towers. It was amazing and ... read more

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