Wales

On our trip to Wales, we did not get to go on our big hike. It had rained too much the week before. I have little room to complain, though, because for the most part, the weather has been very blessed. We went in some caves instead, but I didn’t enjoy that too much because it was so damp and cold. But what we got to see of the Welsh countryside was beautiful, and we got to see Tintern Abbey (an 11th-century Cisterian monastery, also where Wordsworth wrote his famous poem), Caerphilly Castle, and a town called Haye-on-Wye that was composed 90 percent (I’m estimating) of used book stores. A lot of people bought tons of books, but I didn’t buy any because they are difficult to carry back. And my reading list is long enough already of books I don’t have time to read because of school.

We stayed in a hostel in the middle of nowhere (we had to hike to get there) but it was pretty cool because our program (all fifty of us) were the only people there. So it was a good bonding weekend.