Photos: Welsh Castles and Coastlines

I’ve been so busy my time in Wales and England flew by! We arrived in Paris this morning and I’m very excited to explore this new place. It’s the first one where, as an English speaker, I feel a little bit out of my element. But more on that later, I want to share some pictures from the past week. There is just so much to show I need to break it up into two segments. This post will be of Wales, the next post of England.

Caernarfon, Wales:

Happy horses

Welsh flag proudly flies on the tower

First rainbow I’ve seen on this trip!

Stained glass

Low tide

Looking down into the tower

Really steep, windy stairs

View from the castle tower of the wall surrounding the city

Castle courtyard

Castle at sunset

The castle courtyard

Little light entered the dark cold castle

Castle at sunset

Low tide

Sunset on the water

Roses

Low tide

Skinny windows used to shoot from

Beautiful tracery

Huge doors to Caernarfon Castle

Awesome old gate

Castle courtyard

Entering Eagle tower at Caernarfon Castle

Church silhouette

The castle courtyard

Another gorgeous sunset

Top of a turret!

Inside a castle tower that no longer has floors. The indented space on the left use to be a fireplace

Aberystwth, Wales:

Chepstow, Wales (and the Wye River Valley):

The streets of Chepstow

Tintern Abbey

Chepstow Castle

Beautiful flora

In Chepstow the tide goes out 30+ feet!

The town surrounding Tintern Abbey

High tide in Chepstow- a truly dramatic difference

The view from our hike to Devil’s Pulpit looking down on Tintern Abbey. It was said the Devil would stand here on the hillside and try to lure the monks away.