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| Steam Train in Wales |
So what is different in Wales? For one thing, their signs are
dual-language with both Welsh and English showing. For example: Slow and Araf.
Other than that, not much is drastically different. Still lots of sheep, maybe
a little more mountainous that England. One thing that is familiar to us are some
of the Welsh city names which are common also in our area – Berwyn, Telford, North
Wales, etc.
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| Langollen Train Station and the River Dee |
Our first stop was a steam engine train ride starting in
Llangollen (note: double-L is pronounced like “s” in Welsh, so something like
Sangosen).
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| Victorian Days |
We happened to be there on Victorian Days so people at all the
stations were dressed in Victorian clothes, tying back to when Queen Victoria
came to Berwyn in 1897. It is a nice scenic ride along the River Dee.
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| Brecon Beacons National Park |
After the train ride we drove south through a lot of
winding roads, small towns and Brecon Beacons National Park to just outside of
Cardiff where we spent the night. One interesting part in the National Park was
that there was a section where the sheep roamed wild and were often in the road
or near it, so you had to drive very slowly at any blind spots.
We closed the
night doing something typically European – after a nice meal at the pub, we
watched the Eurovision Song Contest.
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