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More adventures in Wales
After a nicely busy weekend, socially, I seem to have caught a bit of a head cold thingy. Possibly due to going from 90+ degree F weather and drought conditions to 50-60 degree F weather with torrential rain. Have Lemsip and tissues, so will try to carry on.
Went out to dinner in Menai Bridge on Friday to celebrate graduation stuff with Kate's family and Ruben's family. It was fun, but the meal part was mostly an exercise in trying to be frugal and polite at the same time, as we went to the Cantonese place and it's rather expensive even in pounds, let alone dollars. I always feel annoyed having to pay a lot for food I'm not even particularly fond of. Still, I found something neutral and muddled through.
That didn't stop me from being something of a target all night, though. They had the revolving things in the middle of the table, and my table was "the table what spilled things" due to that. I had a glass of water knocked over which of course poured completely into my lap. Kate lost two glasses of red wine to the revolving table and Ruben's elbow, one only onto the table but one went all over both of us just as I was drying off from the water. Not a great night in that respect. Oy.
Saturday was a mostly free day for me, so I finally got some grocery shopping done for while I'm here. In the evening we all trooped over to the Catholic Chaplaincy where Christiane and her family hosted a meal for everyone. They made pizzas and we all chipped in for everything else. Finn made his delectable Bavarian cream again, and I managed to be very good and only have one helping.
Sunday's weather was simply dreadful. I attempted to go for a walk on Anglesey, but the bus schedule online seems to differ from what's actually running right now, so that was foiled. I went for a walk up to the Roman camp instead, and got caught in the torrential rains mentioned above. Still, it cleared up a bit in the middle and I was able to take some nice pictures. Then I hightailed it home to dry out and have some dinner (Shepherd's Pie, yum) before pub quiz at the Belle Vue. We came in fourth out of 8 teams - not too bad.
I've mapped out a bit more of my itinerary (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keleos, you'd be proud), but a lot of it will depend on the weather and how my cold progresses. Right now I'm waiting for it to clear up a bit more (it claims it's supposed to be sunny today) and then I may head over to Anglesey to see some burial mounds and landmarks and walk along the cliffs, etc. I think I shall save the really touristy stuff - castles and other attractions - for later in the week when I feel better and can make full days of it. Tomorrow is a festival thing at Plas Newydd, with some reenactment group there doing something about Trafalfar, so I'll definitely be going to that. Then we're all trooping over to Llandudno to see Harry Potter. Heh.
Pictures soon!
Went out to dinner in Menai Bridge on Friday to celebrate graduation stuff with Kate's family and Ruben's family. It was fun, but the meal part was mostly an exercise in trying to be frugal and polite at the same time, as we went to the Cantonese place and it's rather expensive even in pounds, let alone dollars. I always feel annoyed having to pay a lot for food I'm not even particularly fond of. Still, I found something neutral and muddled through.
That didn't stop me from being something of a target all night, though. They had the revolving things in the middle of the table, and my table was "the table what spilled things" due to that. I had a glass of water knocked over which of course poured completely into my lap. Kate lost two glasses of red wine to the revolving table and Ruben's elbow, one only onto the table but one went all over both of us just as I was drying off from the water. Not a great night in that respect. Oy.
Saturday was a mostly free day for me, so I finally got some grocery shopping done for while I'm here. In the evening we all trooped over to the Catholic Chaplaincy where Christiane and her family hosted a meal for everyone. They made pizzas and we all chipped in for everything else. Finn made his delectable Bavarian cream again, and I managed to be very good and only have one helping.
Sunday's weather was simply dreadful. I attempted to go for a walk on Anglesey, but the bus schedule online seems to differ from what's actually running right now, so that was foiled. I went for a walk up to the Roman camp instead, and got caught in the torrential rains mentioned above. Still, it cleared up a bit in the middle and I was able to take some nice pictures. Then I hightailed it home to dry out and have some dinner (Shepherd's Pie, yum) before pub quiz at the Belle Vue. We came in fourth out of 8 teams - not too bad.
I've mapped out a bit more of my itinerary (
keleos, you'd be proud), but a lot of it will depend on the weather and how my cold progresses. Right now I'm waiting for it to clear up a bit more (it claims it's supposed to be sunny today) and then I may head over to Anglesey to see some burial mounds and landmarks and walk along the cliffs, etc. I think I shall save the really touristy stuff - castles and other attractions - for later in the week when I feel better and can make full days of it. Tomorrow is a festival thing at Plas Newydd, with some reenactment group there doing something about Trafalfar, so I'll definitely be going to that. Then we're all trooping over to Llandudno to see Harry Potter. Heh.Pictures soon!