New Wales pictures.
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castaliaI suck at keeping my photobucket account updated, but here are the latest uploads.
Several weekends ago, I went with a few international friends to the tiny village of Portmeirion ("Port-mary-on"), located just outside Porthmadog. It's a completely secluded village which requires tickets to enter and is one of those oddities you wouldn't expect to find in rural Wales. Regarding trivia, it's where Patrick McGoohan's tv series "The Prisoner" and Igrid Bergman's 1958 film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" were filmed, and Noel Coward wrote Blythe Spirit while staying in one of the hotel suites. The architecture is just...bizarre, I think. The scenery is lovely, however, and we had the most perfect weather for our day out.
Pics from Portmeirion
That album also includes some pics of Caernarfon Castle, as we stopped there on the way to have breakfast.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keleos, I took pics of the bathroom for you - I gave it 8 flushes for cleanliness, comfort, and the hysterical instructions of how to do your business that were posted on the wall.
The next weekend was spent in Aberystwyth in celebration of not having any work to hand in the next Monday. Marie, Helen and I drove down to visit Marie's sister who's doing her undergrad in maths at the Uni of Wales, Aber. We hit the pubs, stayed up late to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, then spent Saturday at the pier and the old castle ruins, with lunch at the local Wetherspoon's. That toilet gets maybe 6 flushes; despite a spacious interior and a nice window view, the toilets themselves were cramped and not terribly clean. I also have rocks for you, K, from the beach.
Pics of Aberystwyth
Another of the international students in our group is leaving this week, so we're having a party for him tonight. I hate that so many of the Erasmus students are leaving. These are the first people I met when I arrived and we all bonded so quickly. It's sad to see them go.
Several weekends ago, I went with a few international friends to the tiny village of Portmeirion ("Port-mary-on"), located just outside Porthmadog. It's a completely secluded village which requires tickets to enter and is one of those oddities you wouldn't expect to find in rural Wales. Regarding trivia, it's where Patrick McGoohan's tv series "The Prisoner" and Igrid Bergman's 1958 film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" were filmed, and Noel Coward wrote Blythe Spirit while staying in one of the hotel suites. The architecture is just...bizarre, I think. The scenery is lovely, however, and we had the most perfect weather for our day out.
Pics from Portmeirion
That album also includes some pics of Caernarfon Castle, as we stopped there on the way to have breakfast.
keleos, I took pics of the bathroom for you - I gave it 8 flushes for cleanliness, comfort, and the hysterical instructions of how to do your business that were posted on the wall.The next weekend was spent in Aberystwyth in celebration of not having any work to hand in the next Monday. Marie, Helen and I drove down to visit Marie's sister who's doing her undergrad in maths at the Uni of Wales, Aber. We hit the pubs, stayed up late to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, then spent Saturday at the pier and the old castle ruins, with lunch at the local Wetherspoon's. That toilet gets maybe 6 flushes; despite a spacious interior and a nice window view, the toilets themselves were cramped and not terribly clean. I also have rocks for you, K, from the beach.
Pics of Aberystwyth
Another of the international students in our group is leaving this week, so we're having a party for him tonight. I hate that so many of the Erasmus students are leaving. These are the first people I met when I arrived and we all bonded so quickly. It's sad to see them go.
