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:
Low tide
Really steep, windy stairs
Looking down into the tower
The castle courtyard
View from the castle tower of the wall surrounding the city
Sunset on the water
Low tide
Awesome old gate
Huge doors to Caernarfon Castle
Happy horses
Castle courtyard
Castle courtyard
Stained glass
Skinny windows used to shoot from
Little light entered the dark cold castle
Low tide
Beautiful tracery
Castle at sunset
Church silhouette
Welsh flag proudly flies on the tower
Top of a turret!
Another gorgeous sunset
The castle courtyard
Roses
First rainbow I’ve seen on this trip!
Inside a castle tower that no longer has floors. The indented space on the left use to be a fireplace
Castle at sunset
Entering Eagle tower at Caernarfon Castle
Aberystwth, Wales:
Chepstow, Wales (and the Wye River Valley):
The streets of Chepstow
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey
Chepstow Castle
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.
Hiking up to Devil’s Pulpit
View from Devil’s Pulpit
Bridge across the river the the trail head
The rock in the bottom right is Devil’s Pulpit
Still amazed by all the green!
Another adorable Chepstow house
Me standing on the boarder of Wales and England!