This week I thought long and hard about where I would want to go. Most of the time I pull out the map and then close my eyes and point to a place. Sometimes I ask family members because there are so many places that I have not been but so many that I have. This week though we are heading to Wales.
Wales is an island that is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It is officially part of the Unites Kingdom and I am sure you have all heard of the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles. That is the title which is given to the heir apparent. The majority of the country speaks English although it is officially a bilingual country with more than 560,000 Welsh language speakers living there. It has brought us plenty of great entertainers as well including, Sir Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Michael Sheen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Burton.
Okay enough with the history lesson! Now what to do in Wales! There is actually a lot of places to visit such as visiting one of their national parks. Snowdonia National Park is a 823 square mile region in the north of Wales. I would love to visit here because the scenery is suppose to be beautiful and I honestly just love the name of the place.
Conway Castle is also another great place on the north coast of Wales. It is a medieval fortification and truly beautiful if you ask me. Let’s face it who wouldn’t want to go check out a real life castle!
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This place would be absolutely beautiful I bet!
Oh to go to Wales, the architecture is amazing..I would love to visit castle after castle..I love history, I would love to go for at least 1 month..sad that so many people from that part of the world are so depressed (due to the weather) great pick!
I would love to visit Wales. I have Welsh ancestry and it would be interesting to see where I come from.
I spent one day in Wales. It was gorgeous.
Welsh is the hardest language for me to understand. I thought it was Scottish…and then I went to Wales. Have so much fun!
I would love to go there. You are so lucky. People in England, Scotland, and Wales are so polite.
What a wonderful choice! I would love to go here and take in all the history. That’s one of the things I love about traveling. It’s taking in the history of the country.
Wow, everything looks so vibrant and alive! I love these landscapes, you seem to leave the soul when you go away! how I want to live there, everything is so evocative. I’m Italian, you’re never been to Italy? 🙂
What beautiful pictures! I would love explore that castle. Actually, my husband would like to visit England and Wales. He served in Europe back in the 80s but didn’t get to those. Now he wants to take me!