Day 6 of UK Vacation - Cardiff, Wales

Day 6 started out early with a train ride from Bath, England to Cardiff, Wales. I would love to have provided photos from the train but there weren't too many "spectacular views" along the way as the track was surrounded by hillsides much higher than the windows so all you really saw were those with an occasional glimpse of animals in a pasture or something. 

Anyway, we arrived in Cardiff around 11:30 am - just in time for a quick view of Cardiff Castle and lunch in the Castle Cafe. Due to limited time in Wales and all the walking we'd done to date, we opted out of a tour of the Castle, choosing instead to take a boat tour of the bay. 

Our stay at the lovely Hotel Indigo with its luxurious bathroom definitely had us singing a happy tune because it was spacious yet cozy, giving us ample room to reorganize our luggage for the remainder of our trip.

The next morning had us up early and headed out of Wales to Dublin via KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with a 4 hour layover at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam where the toliets (restrooms) were some of the best we'd experienced to date. They even had toilet seat cleaner! 

Definitely singing a happy tune over that.

My next post will outline our time in Dublin followed by Clare and the Cliffs of Moher.

I hope you'll drop by to enjoy the trip with me.

PamT

Day 5 of UK Vacay - Jane Austen Festivities

I started this blog with the intention of posting regularly. Alas, life gets in the way but I'm back and happy to share day 5 of my UK Vacay with you!

We arrived at the Dorian House B&B the afternoon of Friday, the 13th of September, and walked into town (about 20 minutes all downhill) to get our bracelets for the Jane Austen festivities the next day.

Talk about luxurious rooms and bathrooms with a huge claw-footed tub (my favorite kind of tub!!) as well as a nice, big shower. Probably not as large as some but definitely larger than those in the London House Hotel (see my post for Day1).

This bathroom had me singing a happy tune from first glance. I'd have been doing the Jesus Happy Dance too but my feet were beginning to get sore from all the walking LOL!

Saturday we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast (I had Eggs Florentine) then dressed in our Period Attire and headed down to the festivities. After the Grand Regency Costumed Promenade (which lasted about an hour), we enjoyed a tour of the Jane Austen Centre and Tea with Mr. Darcy in the Tea Room. 

We explored the downtown area for a while, visiting the shops and food establishments (and here you have to pay $1.00 to get in the toilet!) then turned in for the evening to prepare for our next adventure - a train ride to Cardiff, Wales the next day!

Hope you're enjoying my UK Vacay as much as I did and that you'll continue to drop by the blog as I recount the entire trip.

Until next time, happy trails...

PamT