One weekend in October a few of us girls (as usual) decided to take a little trip to Wales. Not many may quite understand how the United Kingdom is made up...therefore I will give you a brief crash course.
The United Kingdom is made of four countries in all: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Many of you may have heard of Wales due to the names of the famous princes. The Prince or Princess who is in line for the throne will be called the Prince of Wales. Wales is it's own separate country yet since it is still within the United Kingdom, no passports are needed to get through it's border.
For our adventure to Wales we chose to visit the city of Cardiff, it is also the capital of Wales where the Cardiff Castle is located.
When we first arrived in Cardiff we scuffled our way into the center of the city with bags in tow searching for our hostel. The "Bunkhouse" a hostel in city was our first experience staying in a hostel. Many have a preconceived notion that hostels are nasty and gross and it'd be much better to pay the extra pounds for a nice hotel. Well...they are wrong. So far our Bunkhouse residence has been the best hostel I've stayed. And having now traveled all over the UK, that is saying something. It was decorated in a shabby-sheik style with Frank Sinatra playing in the background, vintage beds for couches, twinkle and tea lights everywhere. It was every girls dream stay. We didn't want to leave the confines of our hostel to see the city, but luckily we did because we would have missed seeing the magnificent Cardiff bay and castle. 
Not only did we get to tour the castle but the next day we went to a little place called St. Fagans where ancient and old homes have been moved and are there for viewing like a countryside museum outdoors. Saying we took a walk in the past is an understatement. We walked through houses and churches dated as 700 years old. 
To spare you all from excruciating details I will leave you to take a gander at the pictures and see for yourself the amazing time we had on our Wales adventure. And to those you are fresh on their royal trivia--no we did not see Prince William and the Duchess...they live in Northern Wales, we were in the southern region, unfortunately. I am still holding out for the day I see the royals. Cross your fingers for me!
Stay tuned to hear about how we discovered the foundation of Harry Potter in Scotland and how we walked through a love story in Ireland.
Till then...
audra
Ps. Ten points to the house who can guess the meaning of this post title! and maybe even a little extra gifty from nifty London!! :) (for some reason I don't think the comments are really working, so if you have my fb, then just message me the answer!) this is for real.
Ps. Ten points to the house who can guess the meaning of this post title! and maybe even a little extra gifty from nifty London!! :) (for some reason I don't think the comments are really working, so if you have my fb, then just message me the answer!) this is for real.
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