Dad came to visit from Paris on his way back to Aus. We had some lovely days exploring South Wales and around London.
On our way to South Wales, we stopped at the old wool town of Northleach where England's oldest dolls house shop (1971) is still in operation. The Church of St Peter and St Paul is also worth a visit and if you read the tombstones carefully, you'll find a bunch of entertaining puns in combination of English and Latin.
We then browsed the dreamy town of Hay-on-Wye, famous for being the World's First Book Town with a population of only 1,500 and over two dozen book shops.
We spent the night in Symonds Yat where we took the Hand-Pulled Ferry across the River Wye. And Dad had a traditional full breakfast.
The Blaenavon Ironworks were also a fun place to visit and learn about smelting. The old workers' cottages had been decorated to look as would have been across the decades in which the ironworks was in operation.
There was also a super informative, free museum for the National Roman Legion in Caerleon as well as an epic Roman amphitheatre which you could walk through.
We then headed back into the England.
The first stop was Runnymeade where the Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215.
We also walked around Windsor castle and crossed the bridge into Eton were I saw the Eton College students dressed in immaculate tailcoats (even the little ones).
Notes:
- Expect rain when you go to Wales. It wasn't so bad, but we were told that a grey sky is normal.
- Welsh is a very interesting language and I tried to eavesdrop on conversations to hear more of singsong language.
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