Wales: Beach Day

Wales has an amazing coastline! We couldn't have come to Wales and skipped the opportunity to go to the beach. So on our second day in the area, we drove for about an hour to the town of Tenby. It was chilly but at least not rainy. We, first, grabbed some lunch at the Bali Hai cafe--simple toasties and ice cream for kids. 

Afterwards, we walked down to the beach right there in town. 

Robert is keen on taking panoramic shots wherever we go--I guess this is proof that they do present us with a better idea later of what the scenery looks like. 

Look at all that nice sandy beach. The weather was in the 60s still, so it's empty. This destination is a hot spot, though, for those who love vacationing in the UK in August.

And the kids started digging...

And digging...

And trying to "not get wet"...

"Hey, Alex, what's your favorite part of hanging out on the beach at Tenby?"

"Well...um...ACTUALLY (one of Alex's favorite words), these gross jellyfish are kind of exciting...although they are dead...but they are still cool, and huge".

Hi, Mark! Still waiting for the front teeth to start growing.

We spent awhile on this beach. 

The sun was coming out slowly and we decided we should drive over to another beach near Tenby in a more rural setting. We did walk over to Castle Beach as well, that was on the other side of town, but it was very crowded.

This beach is called Freshwater East Beach. It was beautiful, vast and sandy. 

And a perfect place to take a nap, although I am pretty sure he is faking it.

Katya was experimenting with her new sandy bearded look. 

In fact, she was pretending to be Conchita Wurst (google it, you might get nightmares, though).

And Robert came up with the new way of taking action shots--instead of jumping, we asked the kids to fall down. Yeah, we, as PARENTS, asked our kids to fall down. 

It was a ton of fun to watch them.

Mark got buried AGAIN. It's like his thing--to get buried in the sand on the beach and order squid at restaurants if there is any seafood available.

It was not so easy to pull him out. Reminded me of the Ukrainian fairy tale about "Ripka" (you can google that too).

Robert is so great at playing with the kids on the beach!

And these guys are still falling down...

It was Alex's turn to get buried. It took a lot longer to bury him than Mark.

Something washed up on shore...???

Mark tried to get into that freezing water--he really did--despite having no swimsuit to change into.

But after a few attempts he kept jumping out of water with a funny face like this--the water was just too cold to enjoy it:).

That evening we drove to the house at which we were staying and cooked a simple pasta dinner--so convenient to have a kitchen when you vacation.

It was a great day at the beach, and the weather turned out to be better than was forecasted, so we were very happy:).

Lyana.