Tag Archives: Wales

From Aberystwyth With Love

Hello and welcome to Aber. Many people know very little about Aberystwyth, so I thought I’d share some of my Aber faves. I hope you enjoy it!

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My 7 links

Katie at Tripbase has put together a fun, new blog challenge to unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavour to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again. And how to do this? Details are over at Tripbase [...]

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Carnival of Cities for 1 June 2011 – from Abu Dhabi to Athens

Welcome! I’m happy to host this edition of the Carnival of Cities! After publishing the 18 May 2011 edition on Perceptive Travel Blog, Sheila Scarborough handed the baton to me. Without further ado, here’s a virtual tour of some of the world’s wonderful cities. Travel bloggers from around the globe presents:   Cities in the [...]

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Tretower Court and Castle

Heading from Hay-on-Wye towards Cardiff, we’re again sidetracked. Driving along A479 in the Welsh national park Brecon Beacons, we suddenly spot the ruins of an ancient castle. Despte the bright day, it looks foreboding, eerie. Naturally, we have to stop and investigate. Tretower Castle Inside, it looks a little brighter: Tretower Court and Castle comprise [...]

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The railway station at Llanfair PG in Wales has the longest place name in Britain

The longest place name in the world?

My daughters love Dublin. So after exploring northern Wales for a few days, we decided we’d take the ferry to Ireland for the day and headed for Holyhead. We never made it to Dublin. The Isle of Anglesey – or Ynys Môn in Welsh – was so beautiful and interesting in itself, we stayed there [...]

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Travels of 2010

Looking back on the travelling year 2010, I see I didn’t stick with my plans. Nothing new there. Instead, I went with the flow – and cheap flights. So here it is – this year’s fave travels. In January, I was in Geneva. It was mostly business, visiting ILO. But I always enjoy visiting Switzerland. [...]

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Conwy Cat

This instalment in the Cats of the World-series is from Northern Wales – and here’s Conwy Cat. Conwy Castle This tubby tiger reminded me of Henry VIII – he strolled lazily around and allowed us to play with him. I’m going to add a non-cat photo here as well, let’s call it cat food. I don’t much care [...]

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My three best kept travel secrets

My three best kept travel secrets: the fairytale village of Portmeirion in Wales, Kjøsterudjuvet Gorge in Drammen, Norway and Pension Nossek in Vienna.

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