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Breakfast this morning at the B&B. The Welsh do amazing breakfasts!

The Welsh mens choir of Penarth, Wales. This was fun to see them rehearse!

It was quite the sight and we were both glad to have been able to have come. Having a car made this possible.

Yes, I am driving a car here in Wales. It is pretty crazy but there seemed to be no way around it. I have lots of stories to tell about the way they do things here.....

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I thought this sign was funny. It was in the Cardiff train station....

Here we are the day my parents and Katy arrived. We went to another Castle that day. Apparantly Wales has more castles than any other country in the world. I would not doubt it!

These pictures were taken on the day we arrived. No one else was here yet. Picttures of Roman barricks from the town where Lyn is from and then pictures of the castle where they are to be married on Saturday. Caldicot Castle is the name.

The day we arrived.....

OK a new post!!

Nick, check for my response to your last comment on the posts. To all of the others I will say that internet connection is difficult here in Wales. The library has a great setup but you have to be here when the library is open! Today we are waiting for Paul and Dierdre to get in so we have some time.

Keith and Nina arrived safely yesterday. A day later than they were supposed to but they are here now.

Yesterday we went to StoneHenge. I hope to post pictures on the next post. It was really fun. Then last night we went to see a Welsh mens choir rehearse. That too was a blast. They treated us wonderfully! I suspect that Katy being with us had something to do with that. It has been fun to have Katy with us. We are staying at a marvelous B&B along with my folks, Keith and Nina as well as Paul and Dierdre. Tonight is the "Hen and Stag" night so we'll see what that is all like.

Tomorrow we go into Cardiff again to see a organ concert at Noon in the big church in town. The rest of the Holland family come in tomorrow. Today is the one sunny day that we have had so far. It has gone up to 17 C today. I am wearing shorts becuase it might be the last chance that we have to do so! The rains come back tomorrow. It really is beautiful here!

More later!

Ron

Safe and sound!

After a very long travel day on Saturday, we arrived in Cardiff Sunday morning at 10am. We managed to stay awake until 7pm and then I slept for 12 hours (Ron could not sleep quite as long). We are in a very lovely b&b in Caldicot, close to the castle where Annette and Lyn will be married on Saturday. Ron's folks (and Katy) come in this evening -- so the fun will begin! Stay well, everyone! (ML)

We are writing this at the Cardiff Visitor's Centre. It has been a very rainy day, but we have see Cardiff Bay and are on our way to see the Cardiff Castle. Not sure if we will be able to find a place to post pictures -- but we will try! There is no internet access at the B&B, or even in the town, but we will try. Ron

Off to Europe!

So today we begin our trek to Europe. Tonight we stay in ABQ and then tomorrow morning we fly out to Wales. It is a 22 hour trip all told becuase of the various stops at airports that we need to make. We'll try to keep you all posted as to what things we are up to! We are looking forward to seeing Katy in a few days.

It is cooking hot down here right now so some cooler weather in europe won't upset me. (I'm not so sure about Mary Lou)

Naked House

So this is how our house looks without a tree in the front.....

What hath the wind wrought??

This is an example of what 67 MPH gusts will do to trees....