Welsh Words of Welcome

Oi! Just under a month since the last update! We've been slacking lately it seems, but, a good excuse would be the fact that we are both working full time, and it is getting quite busy as the end of term approaches.

This past weekend, we had the opportunity of taking an overnight trip into Wales. Wales is an odd place, because it is both a separate territory within the UK, yet it is considered still part of the British empire. It is a very beautiful place however, situated on the western coast of England with lots of beautiful scenery and history.

We had the chance of touring a castle (the name would be impossible to type out...it is a Welsh name, and VERY hard to read or spell) that was built around the year 1260 -- it is technically a ruin, but for the amount of time it has been standing we thought it was still in pretty good shape.

This castle was used to protect the Welsh people from the invading Romans and later the Anglo-Saxons. It was raining on the day we toured it, but, here are a couple of pictures to help do it justice.

We also got to take in a football (or soccer for you Canadians) match between Ireland and Wales. This was also another very cool experience -- imagine sitting with 40,000 Irish and Wales fans, not knowing who to cheer, and hearing both sides chant their usual cries of support! The game was a 2-2 draw however, fitting I suppose, since both countries are very Celtic in their origins. Here is a photo from the game

Well, the Internet we have here is absolute crap, so even though I promised to put up a couple of pictures from each different thing we visited, the net is not letting me upload anything to the Blogger website. Anyhows, whatever pictures that are up are up -- we'll have to work out another way to post more pictures. Until next time!