Yes, we are home. In Ohio. I was away for three and a half weeks. And I am so happy to sleep in my own bed again (I guess that could be my first Fave of the week.). I am still having photo issues, but I will see what I can do to post pictures. Otherwise, please come back during the week for an Ireland, England, Wales photo dump.
Here are my Friday Fave Fives for this past week. (the link takes you to Susanne's blog where you can join in or read more FFFs)
1. Safe trips home for all of us. The stages of the trip for The Professor and me included a ferry boat ride across the Irish Sea and two airplane flights.
2. On the flights, I was able to sit next to The Professor partly because people were willing to swap places with me. I deeply appreciate the kind people on those flights.
3. OK, back to a few highlights of our trip. We spent five nights in Wales, at Conwy. Wow! Our windows looked out over the small town toward Conwy Castle. Can you imagine living in a place where you could view a castle built almost eight hundred years ago?
4. We took a train along the Conwy River, and then a cable car to an old copper mine called Great Orme Mines. Maybe walking down into the mine wasn't my favorite part of the visit, but it was amazing to see where ancient people were mining copper a LONG time ago. Yes, we love history.
5. I have to give credit to our favorite coffee shop in Conwy, Cantin Cafe. We enjoyed coffee and delicious fresh bakery snacks. And the servers were delightful.
Now, I will see what I can do to add some photos to this post. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
13 comments:
...home is always a great place to be.
That mine is way too narrow for claustrophobic me!
Glad you made it home safely and had a good trip. We did a ferry crossing on the Irish Sea in February one year - it was awful. Hubby was sick, all the kids were sick, everyone on the boat seemed to be sick but thankfully I was ok lol. Look forward to seeing more photos and catching up on your trip. Have a good weekend.
There is nothing quite like that first night back in your own bed. Sounds like a wonderful trip with such an interesting variety of experiences for all of you!
What a wonderful trip and what wonderful memories! I've always been fascinated with Wales and their native tongue is so interesting. The cave would be fascinating. I'm a bit claustrophobic but I may have been able to manage that.
I'm glad you had good trips both ways and got to sit with your husband for the trip. Welcome home!
Glimpses of a fantastic trip! So glad you got to make with your beloved and had wonderful views and coffee, too. I remember coming back from a 6-week trip, marveling that I had Other Clothes :-)
Conwy is quite local to us and one of our favourite places.We are so lucky.
Did you go on to Anglesey.?
Barbarax
Coming home is the best part of any trip, to me. :-) Sounds like a lovely one, though, and I am glad everyone made it safely. I'm glad someone swapped seats so you could sit next to your husband on the flight. I don't know if I could do the mine!
Barbarax, we rode through Anglesey on the train on our way to Holyhead to catch the Irish Ferry for Dublin.
Trips are always so fun but coming home is always a blessing too. I don't know if I would have the courage to go into the mining cave but having a castle outside my window I could live with!
This was certainly a wonderful and interesting trip ! I love Ireland and have been there twice; anyway I love the landscapes of the UK ! Now when you look at your pictures you will travel again !
Your trip sounds so exciting! I don't think I could have made myself go down the copper mine, though. Looking forward to seeing more photos!
Sounds like you had an amazing trip! I look forward to seeing more pictures.
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