(this narrative began from when I first landed in London on September 3, 2016)
Saturday
September 10, 2016:
This morning, we left our hotel in Plymouth and
drove to Glastonbury, England. It’s just
a tiny village, very quaint like most. I
tried taking a few pictures, but it was somewhat dark and rainy out, so my pics
didn’t turn out, but it also could’ve been a memory “problem” with my cell
phone. What else is new? I went to a tearoom in Glastonbury and
ordered an Earl Grey tea and scones, but since I wasn’t very hungry, I only ate
one of the two scones.
Then, after an hour or so there, we took for Bath,
England. That’s where the Roman Baths
are located; they are ancient ruins that tourists visit. The baths are actually hot mineral springs,
rare to Britain, used by kings, travellers, women, and children in Roman
times. The ruins are about eight hundred
years old. What you need to know is that
England was once part of the Roman Empire four centuries ago.
After spending two and a half hours in Bath, which
included buying our own lunches, we took off for Newport, Wales, leaving
England. Our hotel in Wales was called
the Coldra Cedars Hotel (Cedars Manors in the owner of this hotel chain). It was a very nice, comfy hotel. I did have a few “problems” with light
switches and the TV remote, but I wasn’t the only one on our tour who
experienced this. It was just a little
frustrating!
Tonight was a Welsh Evening planned at Fonmon
Castle, which included dinner, wine, music (played by a harpist), and singing –
just lovely! This was excursion #2. The only thing we didn’t like is that it was
almost an hour’s drive to get to this castle and then another hour back to the
hotel. By that time, it was 10:30
pm. I was so bushed, all I had the
energy to do is get ready for bed and fall asleep.
copyright 2016 - Anne Shier
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