We started our day with a home cooked breakfast. As it is
Sam’s and my first time in a B & B, this was a treat for us. Gill is so
nice and this is such a lovely home. We were well fed to start our day. After
breakfast we took a stroll down by the Straight before Irene came to pick us
up. Sam has the binder with our itinerary for everyday. I think that takes some
of the adventure out of it, so I rarely look to see what we are doing. It’s
better to be surprised by where we end up.
Today our first stop was to see another castle. You would
think we would get tired of seeing castles, but I really am not. These castles
are so impressive, it is impossible to get bored with it. Today’s castles may
have been the most impressive yet. It had 22 towers and a wall that stretched
around the city that you could still walk on. We went through the castle and explored
its rooms and some of its towers. The views were spectacular from the towers.
You could see very clearly where the floors were in the towers. It was so
massive in size and to think that they built the entire thing, including its walls
in only four years, is mind boggling. This was done by hand and without any
modern tools. Today with all our tools and modern abilities cannot manage to
build structures such as this much faster. They had to haul the stone from faraway
places, with cars or trains. To me it was almost mind boggling. These towers
are massive and the walls are so thick. They used special pink stones to add
decoration to the walls.
After we explored the castle, we walked around the town. We
stopped and got meat pies from a shop in the town. This shop has won many
awards for its pies and sausage. We bought the pies and took them to the key to
eat them. It was very enjoyable. While we were on the key, we also saw the
tiniest house in Europe. I looked very tiny, but we could only see it from the
outside. We then walked on some of the walls around the city. It was very neat
to walk up that high around the town, and again the views were amazing. I faced
my fear of heights and even climbed the towers. and looked down.
After that we left that visited Plas Mar which is a
Victorian Town house. It was neat to see how they lived. Even the ceilings were
decorated. It wasn’t just painted ceilings;
there was actual molding on the ceiling in patterns. It contained their crests and
other various animals, including pigs, unicorns and birds. The house had these
towers that they used to take guests up to see the views and visit up there.
They also had these heat blockers in the sitting rooms. The fire was so big and
would get so hot that it could hurt the ladies skin, so they developed these
fan type things that would block the direct heat from the ladies faces.
We then left that town and visited the summit of the Great
Orem. It was very windy up there. We saw the Welsh mountain goats. The drive
was amazing along the coast line. After that we headed back to Bueamaris and
saw the sarcophagus of Mary. It was lost at one point and was found being used
as a trough for horses. It Is now back in the church.
I’m not sure of all we are doing tomorrow, but I think I get
to ride an old train. The weather should be beautiful. I am looking forward to
it.
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