starting our walk in wales! wednesday, August 12th

finally, we began our Wales Walk!  it was supposed to be 11 or 12 miles, around the peninsula in Dale, and then up the coast a bit to the little town of Marloes, where we’d spend the night on Wednesday. our two suitcases had to be downstairs and ready to go by...

Wales Day 11 – Part 3

what a day!  we finally arrived safely in the small town of Dale, checked into our B&B, and walked out the door to find some dinner. but first…the owner had three old and fabulous cars in his driveway.  this one was under a canopy, and the others were in the...

Wales Day 11 – part 2

in my previous post, i wrote about our good morning – slept in, watched the activity at the pier, leisurely breakfast, got off the ship and into our cute little rental car.  everything was good on Tuesday, August 11th, until about 10:30 or so in the morning.  we...

Wales Day 11 – landing in Southampton!

yaaaay, we made it!  Tuesday, August 11th, we arrived at the Southampton Port. I got up at 4:20 and looked out to see land!  very exciting! and in 20 short minutes, there we were! luckily, i went back to sleep until a more civilized hour.  when i got up around seven,...

Final day of crossing the ocean – Monday, August 10th

finally, i didn’t feel the need to eat such a huge breakfast on this second-to-last breakfast on board.   another ship!  closer and closer to southampton… we did go to an interesting lecture, by a journalist who had travelled with the queen in her...

Sunday, August 9th – our 5th day at sea…

…as we got closer and closer to southampton!  still pretty far out.  this was always my favorite channel on the TV, because it listed the temperature outside, the water temperature, all the weather stuff, plus it pinpointed where we were out in the middle of the...

Wales day 8, still sailing the ocean blue…

another busy day at sea!  saturday, august 8th.  we got up so late, at 9:30, because they set the clocks ahead for the third time.  we went to the very interesting 3rd lecture about the magna carta in the morning, and then, LUNCH!  i loved having a delicious salad...

Wales Aug. 6th & 7th, at sea

Thursday the 6th and friday the 7th of August, we were pretty busy at sea.  looking at my pictures, though, it’s so much all about the food.  well, one reason, like i’ve mentioned, is because amy wanted to see photos of food!  also, there were many...

Wales, day 5: sailing across the ocean on the QM2

our first full day at sea, which was wednesday, august 5th. it wasn’t a day that was all about food, but i realize that most of these photos are, indeed, all about the food…i’m trying to not post so many photos of our crossing because i want to get...

Wales Day 3 – all day in NYC

As I’ve been looking through my photos from this day, i keep thinking LET’S GET TO WALES ALREADY! patience has never been one of my virtues.  we did have a pretty interesting day in new york, even though we weren’t yet HIKING IN WALES. we were busy...

Wales Day 2 – Sunday, 2 Aug, 2015

this day was mostly about the train ride, which was nice and relaxing.  kevin spent a lot of time reading; he brought a few books with him, and got through at least two by the time our train trip was done.  what was he going to read the rest of the trip? i, too,...

Wales Day 1- Saturday, August 1, 2015

it’s convenient that the first day of our trip coincided with the first day of the month. we got up early cause the train was going to leave at 9:30 SHARP. First, we had to pet the kitties a little more.  so sad to be leaving them for five weeks!  but at least...