I am so glad that you enjoyed your stay in Wales, there is plenty more for you to see if you visit again too - Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons, about 1000 or so more castles - and it even stops raining in the summer sometimes! ;)
I do know what you mean about Wales being seen as worth visiting by many English people, as soon as my accent is heard in certain parts of the UK the comments about "Sheep shagging Taffs" start and usually move on to jokes about living in caves in the valleys, place names with no vowels, a language that nobody speaks etc. I found it particularly ironic once that in a small village in Yorkshire, surrounded by moors and with no mains water, to be told how backward we were. I had to explain that I lived in a university town with Cardiff 20 minutes in one direction and the Brecons 20 minutes in the other. Cardiff is one of the best shopping centres in the UK, it also has museums, the second biggest film industry in the UK, Europe's largest covered stadium (where Springsteen is playing next year, yeaaah!), the largest waterside development in Europe - the list goes on. And it has a castle in the middle of it. The Brecons on the other hand are where the SAS do their basic training, one of the wildest places in Britain. I like living here! (especially as it has one of the lowest costs of living in the UK!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erika L. Walker-Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 4:08 PM Subject: Wales > Why do people from the UK (mainly English people) think that Wales is > not a place to go on vacation? > > We just got back from an anniversary trip there (yups! One Year!!!) ... > And it was gorgeous!!! Even in the rain! What a beautiful countryside .. > And coastline! Even Woody (the dog) had a fantastic time running on the > beaches and around a castle. > > There is so much to see and do, and all we hit was southern Wales ... > The Mumbles (Swansea) to Cardigan. > > We stayed at a great B&B, the breakfast was excellent and we found some > really nice restaurants as well (Italian). I had seafood two of the > nights and it was delicious. > > We'll definitely go back soon, maybe some summer. > > No we did no see any sheep-shagging. ;) > > Cheers, > Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
