Cymru: Gwlad Waliau Defaid a Cherrig

The title is Welsh for "Wales: Land of Sheep and Stone Walls" because that is the majority of what we saw there.  This being said, the trip to Wales was PHENOMENAL!!!!  Unfortunately, I have not been in the mood to write lately (I've been in a weird mood, and I've been relatively busy), and am still not entirely in the mood so here is a list of what happened in Wales, enjoy!

Day 1:

1. Got up at 5.15am to meet at train station at 6.20am
2. Were tired and confused when driver showed up to get us (we were the only group of 8 girls going to London of course he was there for us)
3. Slept on ride to London
4. Found coffee in London
5. Met our tour group (8 of us - Iowans, Missourans, and Chicagons, 4 Iranians, 2 persnickety Australians, another American from Cali, and a girl from the Philippines).
6. Met our AWESOME tourguide Tony (Irish)
7. Slept on the way to our first rest stop
8. Discovered that rest stops in the UK are MUCH nicer than those in the States
9. Ate lunch of PB&J, crisps, and dried apples - pre-made (about 80% of my backpack was food)
10. Hit the road again on the way to Chester - read Insurgent
11. Arrived at Chester: walked the ancient Roman wall, HungerGamesedIt in the ruins of an Ampitheatre, shopped a bit, found a pound bakery (2 pasties for a pound), returned to the bus
12. Drove to Conwy, Wales - marveled at the beautiful countryside (and sheep)
13. Wandered around Conwy for a while, took lots of pictures, saw Great Britain's smallest house, shopped some more
14. Drove to Llandudno, checked into our hotels (marveled at the lush accomodation, decided we never wanted to leave), ate dinner at the King's Head pub (delicious chicken), got carded without my card so I couldn't drink, stuffed ourselves, climbed up the Great Orme, saw a shooting star, walked back to the hotel
15. HAD THE BEST SLEEP EVER!!

Day 2:

1. Woke up slowly and unwillingly
2. Packed
3. Ate a full(ish) Welsh Breakfast that was absolutely delicious
4. Loaded up the bus
5. Drove up the Great Orme
6. Took lots of fun pictures
7. Drove to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch  - this is the name of a Welsh town, named solely to attract silly tourists (it works) - went shopping for souvenirs
8. Drove to Caernarfon Castle, walked around for a bit
9. Drove to Rheilffordd Ffesdtiniog Railway station, took steam train through Snowdonia Mountains
10. Drove home - slept most of the way

Welp, that's our trip in a nutshell, it was quite fantastic and I realise I'm not doing it justice, but I'm tired and I've got a lot to do so this is what you get (I was tempted to skip the trip and move along, but it was so great I thought you needed to know).  I promise to at least try to keep up-to-date posting at least 4x a week!  Thanks for reading! :)