Wales

So this morning came earlier than anyone really wanted, but nevertheless we were up and out of the hotel by 6:15 am to get to the Dublin Port to get on our ferry to cross the Irish Sea. We actually had the opportunity to sail on Europe’s largest passenger ferry, Ulysses, which can carry about 2,000 people! It was a beautiful day across the sea and we had some awesome chances to get pictures of both the Irish coast and the Welsh coast as we came into Holyhead Port in Wales.

From there we loaded onto our new coach and made our way to a town that boasts one of the longest place names in the world: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch! That was 59 letters long in traditional Welsh. After a quick lunch there, we headed down the road to Beaumaris Castle on the north coast of Wales. A large, unfinished castle (because Edward I ran out of money!), it was a great place to get an idea of medieval castles and how well they were constructed. The picture below is our SLHS group in the middle of the castle.

We then drove through the Snowdonia National Park, which actually reminded me a lot of driving over our own Sierra Nevada Mountains, just greener and a lot more sheep! We made a few photo stops along the way and probably drove for about two hours through the amazing landscape. We finally reached our hotel for the evening, Beaufort Park Hotel, where we had dinner and are now resting up for a long day of travel tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, we are headed for our next major city, London, but we are also making a stop in Stratford-upon-Avon to visit the home of Shakespeare. As I said before, we are supposed to get wifi at that hotel so hopefully we can post some more tomorrow evening after dinner. Thank you so much for everyone who is reading, and some who are even commenting! I am relaying messages as I receive them to the respective students! Speaking of the students, I will be also posting the first two student blogs under the section titled: Falcon Corner. It is at the top of the screen. Today’s guests include our seniors: Megan Einspahr and Haley Stokes! Hopefully you enjoy them.

One last thing is that we are also going to post a couple of pictures in the picture gallery, so please look at those as well. Again, all is going really well and we appreciate all of your prayers as we travel and your comments. Please become a follower of our page if you like or know how (it is under Mr. and Mrs. Craig’s picture). Cheers! Mr. C