Wales

I seem to be getting around a bit, don't I! :) I'm still in Wales, will be heading back to London on the train this afternoon. It's been lovely staying with
Rhi & her parents. Rhi's taken Johannas & I to do quite a bit of sight seeing which has been great. We came to Wales on Sunday & I slept most of the trip,
nothing to do with having a hang over - HONEST ;) - though I was awake when we crossed over from England into Wales. The sun was shining & it's been lovely
weather for us here. Sunday night when we arrived at Rhi's, her mum had a lovely Roast dinner ready for us. I didn't realise how much I've missed my greens!

Monday we went to Castle Coch. It's pretty much a fairy tail type castle with turrets & it's lovely. We then went to Cardiff bay & had a late lunch & walked
around & looked at the new millenium centre. Who says those interactive display things are only for kids! We had a great time :) We then went into Cardiff,
looked around town, saw the castle then watched the ice skating opposite the town hall. It was lovely! (I seem to be using that word quite a lot, please forgive!).

Wales really is nice. The scenery is 'lovely'! Hill sides, lots of trees, cute British terrace houses with chimneys gushing smoke. Really nice.

Tuesday we set off for England, about a 40 min drive from where Rhi lives & looked around Bath. The Roman baths there are pretty cool, I must admit that I'm a
bit blase about ruins now, though. It was really good to have the audio guide as it did give quite a bit of history which was interesting. Whether I like it or not I think I'll be a little more educated before I get home :) !! Bath is quite a pretty town/city. The shops are really nice & the buildings are all made out of the Famous Bath stone, which is yellow in colour. It'd have been great to have had money to spend in Bath but it was a tad expensive. It even cost me £8 to get in to have a look at the Roman baths, but such is life - & it was worth it.

I'm at Rhi's work now and 'Hannas & I are going to catch the train back to London about 1pm. My tour of Europe is all booked for the 11th of December, so I'll
have a bit of time to chill out. Planning on catching up with quite a few people so I can't wait. Looks like I'll be staying at my friend Kate's place on the
weekend but after that I'm not sure.

I explored London a little on the weekend, so more of that to come. Then the only other thing I really want to do is catch a show. Lion King's on at the moemnt
so I'm hoping to book & go that.

Must go - trying to sort out flights & things - oh the fun of it... I tell you I'm not looking forward to lugging thoes bags around. I can handle the back pack
but I've still got my shisha pipe & turkish rug in another bag - I swear they are going to kill me! I looked at storage at Paddington Station - £5.50 per day... umm think I'll leave it. It must look hilarious though, this short, little thing with a huge backpack on her back, another bag on her front & pulling along a rather large duffel bag type thing on wheels. It will kill me I'm sure...

Umm not much else, think I forgot to mention that I cut my hair a few weeks ago. Was annoying me, the hairdresser didn't to the best job in the world but it's ok.

Well, must go xoxox

Newport, Wales - Wednesday, 1st December 2004, 11.25am