So, it was General Conference weekend for our church, which means we took advantage of a weekend away! We listened to conference sessions on the internet in the evening at a nice B&B, and on the road on the way home. It was a really gorgeous autumn weekend, and we did some great site-seeing along the way. This will probably seem like a lot of pictures, but that's just because there was a lot to see! Enjoy...SHREWSBERRY: a gorgeous little English town, right near the Wales border. We loved the exposed timber on all the buildings.
We had lunch from KFC, which we took to the park. What a treat to find this beautiful flower garden in the middle of the park! (And yes, Stephanie, that's you're maternity shirt, thanks!)
Samantha's favorite was watching the train station, which we could see from the top of a tower we climbed. She loved watching a train come in, "choo choo!!!"
POWIS CASTLE: Brian and I agreed, this is probably one of the most impressive castles we've seen! Inside (no photos) there were gorgeous collections of furniture, armour, jewelry, etc. from the 1700s, many exhibits from India and Asia.
Outside, there was one of the most gorgeous terraced gardens, complete with an apple orchard. We had a great time walking the grounds and smelling the beautiful flowers that were everywhere!
OUR BED & BREAKFAST: a quaint stone farmhouse on the coast of Cardigan Bay, dating from the 1700s. It came complete with every modern convenience, including a perfect broadband connection for watching General Conference. (The door to our room is right there on the front, with the porch light on. yay!)
We got there just before sunset, and enjoyed a great view of the sun on the sea from our little front porch and the gardens around the house.
CONWY CASTLE: A lovely medieval castle in ruins. We looked at it Sunday afternoon, on our way home. It's one we saw with Brent and Jenalyn last fall, but didn't go in. We both wanted to go back and see it.
View from the top of the tower was spectacular, and such a clear, sunny day! Sam was mad Brian wouldn't let her get down, even with a very dangerous spiral stairway and a very flimsy rail.
View of the interior...
Close-up of Samantha telling Daddy about the "row rows" (boats) down in the harbor. She was most fascinated with the boats and didn't really care about the castle.
CHESTER: One more stop on the way home -- another cute English village with great timber-frame buildings. We were a bit disappointed it looked so much like Shrewsberry, but what did we expect, really?
We spent most of our time there visiting a lovely cathedral with really nice stained glass windows...
That's the end of the photo tour of our weekend in Wales. Hopefully not too long... We just had such a great time, had to share the highlights!
11 comments:
Wow, what gorgeous pictures! I'm glad that you were able to do some more sight seeing while you're still over there. It was fun to see your pregnant tummy, Kamber! The Bed and Breakfast you guys stayed in looks so cute, inside and out. How fun!
Great pics! We have been to Shrewsbury and Conwy Castle and loved it as well. Unfortunately, it was when Charles was doing his summer associateship here and we had no kids, therefore we took NO pictures. Not even ONE! Can you believe that! It was nice to see yours to remember it. By the way, I LOVEEEEEED the cinnamon rolls! Thanks!!!!
Kamber, Wales looks incredible!! GREAT pics. And your bed and breakfast - what a dream! I'd love to go there sometime... maybe in 20 years... :) Sophie sends her love to Samantha!!
You guys are so lucky to get to see so many wonderful places. Thanks for sharing!
What an awesome tradition you guys have going. I love that most conference weekends you are able to get away to a new place to visit. Those will be great memories. This conference weekend looked quite lovely. The weather looked beautiful and the sights were beautiful also. I'm happy for you that it was such a nice time.
Kam,
Thanks so much for doing your Blog! the pictures and Videos are wonderful to watch! It makes you seem a bit closer. You sure are missed.
WE haven't talked on the phone for quite some time! YikeS! We'll have to fix that soon.
The Samantha getting out of the bed was awesome! she clapped her hands and grabbed the prize! (Pacifier heh.)
anyway, I just wanted to drop a note and say that I really appreciate the work that you put in to these! thanks for letting us have a peak into your life!
Love,
Wade.
Wales? You guys seem to always be going somewhere. Amazing! Sam is probably the most traveled kid I know. Gotta love the pictures!
-becky
Gorgeous pictures, Kam! So wonderful to get to share in your adventures like this! Your dad and I just got back from an 11 day trip to the New England coast to view the fall foliage and visit church history sites and American historical points of interest. We saw and did lots of wonderful things, but I do believe that YOU THREE saw and did just as much or MORE than we did in your short Wales vacation!!
WOW!! What beautiful things you saw!! What a gorgeous park you selected for your picnic! What a nice GROUND FLOOR Bed and Breakfast you stayed in. WE stayed in 4 or 5 ourselves, but they were all up big long flights of stairs and that's NOT too fun for oldies like us!
Sammie's SO CUTE!! That picture of her watching the "row row's" makes her darling litle hair look like she's indeed a 'strawberry blonde'! Isn't it GREAT how she's such a good traveler??? Thanks for all the time you took to input these pictures--we sure enjoyed 'em! Love, Mom
Kam, Please, oh, please tell me how you can get so many pictures in one post?? LOVED the pics, by the way. Makes me miss England, minus the dreary weather, of course!
Oh. I miss England. Great photos. I need to get more batteries into our camera!
Okay Kamber, just because you have the most awesome photos doesn't mean you get to slacken on writing more blogs!!! C'mon! :)
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