Today was a pretty eventful day slash amazing views! Our first stop was in Snowdonia, North-West Wales to the Caernarfon Castle, where the first Prince of Wales, now Prince Charles, was inducted. It was beautiful! We were able to go to the top of Eagle Tower which is the highest point of the tower and had an amazing view of the Snowdonia mountains and the harbor. We then headed to Cricieth, where there is another castle, but it is more known for its amazing harbor views. Although it was foggy, the visibility was still pretty extraordinary. But on a clear day you can see the whole layout of the water up until the other mass of land of Wales. We got some world famous ice cream at Cadwalader's Ice cream in Cricieth. I got a 4 berry forest blend in a teddy bear cone, it was amazing! We then stopped to eat, finding a ledge to eat our sandwiches in the town where we found a one footed seagull. We felt bad for the bird so we fed it our crust, but that only caused disaster, when all the other birds wanted bread too. We escaped that situation immediately!
We continued on to Llechwedd, the largest Slate producing town, where there were mountains of remaining slate throughout the town. Slate is the most popular resource in Wales, much like we have coal in the United States. We got to travel down over 1,000 ft underground in a tram to see the slate mines, it was very interesting, and quite chilly. Its crazy to think that men use to do that everyday!
On our way back we took a scenic route back to the university, where the roads were very narrow for our charter bus. We stopped at a site parking area where we got to view more of Snowdonia and its mountains, the colors were fantastic! It was like nothing I've ever seen before. As we made our last couple miles back into town it got very foggy, up to the point of barely being able to see in front of the bus, but it quickly passed as we headed north. Its crazy how much the weather and temperature can change in each town in Wales.
Today's fieldtrip was amazing and only the beginning of our adventures. We were able to interact with some of the locals at the towns we visited and experience the "usual" views they get to see everyday=)
I also went on my first run tonight with my flat mate Liz around upper town. We only ran for 20 minutes, but it felt good to finally get out there and run.
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