Well, I suppose I've left you in suspense long enough. lol
Saturday's trip to Wales was wonderful, though freezing most of the time. We took the 8:45 train out and got to Cardiff around 10:45 so we had most of the day. After wandering in and out of a few stores we eventually headed to Cardiff Castle. So awesome. The castle is nearly 2000 years old and was used for everything from Roman times to shelter during WWII. We spent probably an hour and a half to 2 hours just wandering around inside the castle and exploring the different parts of it, taking pictures. As you've probably all seen from my pictures by now, we also picked a great day and time to go because they shot off the catapult while we were there, which they said they only do about once a month. After the castle, we went into a souvenir shop across the street to find some souvenirs from Wales and to get advice as to a good place to get fish and chips (well, for everyone else to get fish and chips lol). We were directed to a place in Cardiff Bay which apparently holds the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for best fish and chips. I must say my chicken and chips was quite wonderful. :) The others said the fish and chips were awesome too. After lunch we walked the pier a little bit and wandered some more shops, then decided we were out of things to do and headed back early. Have I mentioned this was all in 68 degree weather with winds of 10-20mph? It was cold!! I think I wore 2 jackets most of the day. lol Sadly, one of the things I was probably most excited about didn't end up happening on our journey. We had to come and go from Paddington Station, which is home to a statue of Paddington Bear, and I was hoping to get a picture with him.....but he wasn't near where we were (or if he was I couldn't find him...) and we didn't have alot of time, so no picture for me. But that just means another journey over to Paddington for me to hunt him down. :)
Sunday I was going in search of flats to wear to my business casual field trips, but was derailed when I ran into a couple of Baylor girls who were headed for the Toy Story 3 premiere (yes in the middle of the day) and said that Tom Hanks and Tim Allen were supposed to be there. lol So I headed off with them on our celeb hunt, but we were disappointed when they didn't show up. We DID however get to see Woody, Buzz, Jessie and their new friend, Lotso, who is pink and supposedly in the movie smells like strawberries AND is a boy (sound familiar to anyone?) lol After the premiere, I hit the shops and found my flats. Have I mentioned I love London? Little shoes everywhere!! :D
Today my class didn't meet because of our field trip, which was exciting because it meant I could sleep in a bit. We headed out and went to the Jaguar factory where we were educated on the correct pronunciation and learned that Europeans call Americans "door slammers" lol. Watched some cars being put together, and eventually headed back.
That's about all I've got for today, I'll try to do better about updating.
Julianna
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