Thursday, March 31, 2016

Blog 8- Cardiff and Week 8

Saturday of Week 7 was to the beautiful city of Cardiff. If you did not catch my previous blog, Week 7 began with a beautiful hike to Snowdon Mountain, but I did so much in this week, that it warranted a second post!

The journey down to Cardiff:



Arrived! I look a little crazy here, but I was just so excited

Beautiful buildings


They had Five Guys Burgers!




Also, Krispy Kreme for dessert!



The Natural History Museum

 Some photos of Cardiff Castle:

The town:

A beautiful church:



Gelato!

An American Candy shop...

The promenade:
A merry-go-round at the harbor:

Such a perfect day

All in all, we had such a wonderful time in Cardiff. It was much bigger than Aberystwyth and there was lots going on.

Leading into Week 8:
Week 8 was pretty quiet after the action packed week before. I had to buckle down and keep working hard. 
Some of the books for my term paper:

Pumpernickel Bread!

After the random snow during the prior week, the sun came back out and made for a beautiful photo while I was sitting in class.

Although March 6th through 12th brought little to report, you can be sure that I still enjoyed it immensely. 

Blog 7- Snowdon!

Week 7 started with probably the greatest hike of my life! Mount Snowdon. Rather than writing much about it, I will let the photos do all of the talking.
Photos from the drive:









Arrival/beginning of the hike:




Let the hike begin! Remember this lake, by the way.


See that tall snowy peak in the distance?

This is the view from the top of it. 
Also, see the lake towards the back/top of the photo above? That was where we started!!

The end of the hike:

The hike was on Sunday, just the very start of the week!

I needed lots of extra protein after that hike and made a really delicious lentil soup for the week.

Warm soup was nice because Aberystwyth got a dusting of snow that had melted off by lunch time. Beautiful while it lasted!

The week ended with a trip to Cardiff, Wales! Due to the number of photos I took on that trip and how long this post is, it will get a post of its own. Stay tuned for when I upload that one!