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<\/a>Llety Ciero Country Guest House, Our Lodging in Wales<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>P.J. Photographing the River Dovey in Wales (by Arjan Post)<\/p><\/div>\n
We spent the night near Aberystwyth, a charming university town with a coastal boulevard that still has a nineteen-twenties\/thirties feel. It may have seen better days economically. We had dinner in a restaurant with a view over the wild Irish Sea, whipped up by the residual winds from the remains of ex-hurricane Bertha which still hung around over Europe.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Aberystwyth by Day<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Aberystwyth by Night<\/p><\/div>\n
On Sunday we drove through beautiful Snowdonia National Park, in Northwest Wales, towards Manchester Airport.\u00a0 Someone from our hotel had recommended an especially scenic route, and she was right!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Beautiful Snowdonia National Park<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Steep Mountain Road in Snowdonia National Park<\/p><\/div>\n
We had a simple lunch in Trawsfynydd, in a Welsh pub called The Cross Foxes.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Trawsfynydd, Northern Wales<\/p><\/div>\n
We now know that “araf” means “slow” in\u00a0 Welsh.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Quiet Life in Trawsfynydd<\/p><\/div>\n
Photos \u00a9 2014 P.J. Gardner<\/a> & Arjan Post. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our main UK destination was Devon, but I could not resist taking a quick look at Wales on our way to Manchester Airport to fly to Iceland. So our Wales visit had to be \u201cAmerican style\u201d: very quick! The first … Continue reading