And so our quick trip to Wales came to an end. I wanted to take some pictures of the street leading to the house where we were staying. Typical Welsh streets--very narrow.
Oh, and here are a couple of shots of our 16th century cottage. Robert barely fit into the doorway.
That kitchen area is a new addition to the house. The cottage was very comfortable and beautiful with a nice backyard and an outside garage with a ping pong table that was a hit with the kids. We still had to use portable space heaters though as there were no radiators upstairs. The husband in the family who owned this cottage is a dentist actually.
On the way home we went to the first two hours of church in Swansea. It was fun to visit a very nice Welsh ward:).
Our next destination was Gloucester. How do you pronounce? A few years ago, I'd say "Glowsester". But it's actually "Gloster". Have fun with "Gloucestershire":)!
Gloucester is famous for its beautiful cathedral. We were hoping to get an hour free tour that is offered to visitors, but unfortunately we arrived just five minutes late and they were not doing them any more.
So we walked around a little, listened to the beautiful music, enjoyed. Gloucester Cathedral was built after William the Conquerer invaded England, in the 11th century. Edward II, king of England in the 14th century, and William the Conquerer's oldest son are two of the many famous people who are buried at the cathedral.
Kids being kids.
Mark wins the prize for the most silly faces today.
And Alex? performing again?
Does anyone recognize this place? Hint: a couple of famous movies were filmed here.
Fat Lady portrait from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was filmed here as well as Writing on the Wall and the flooded corridor from the Chamber of Secrets.
We think it is a gorgeous building, just like so many big cathedrals around the country.
Apparently we took too long trying to take this picture and both Katya and Alex kind of fell asleep.
After Gloucester we drove through beautiful Cotswolds to Bourton-on-the-Water, a neat little town.
We wanted to do something fun for the kids and so we found this Dragonfly Maze where you have to go through the maze finding clues on the marked stones on the ground. Once we got through the maze (it wasn't as easy as it sounds) we had to follow cryptic instructions on how to open a secret "something" in this special room in the middle. Here is Mark pressing on the monkey picture on the wall to see what happens to the frog.
The frog opens its mouth and we find the dragonfly!
Pretty awesome stuff, let me tell ya;)
Bourton-on-the-Water is sometimes called "little Venice of the Cotswolds" since there are many picturesque mini bridges throughout this town straddling the banks of the river Windrush.
Most shops were closing within thirty minutes of our arrival (so arrive before 16:00 if you can).
We bought a cute hedgehog metal garden sign and a Cotswolds stuffer-holder for plastic bags and ice cream and headed towards our home to eat dinner.
But we didn't exactly go straight home. We stopped at our favorite pie place in England--Deddington's Crown and Tuns Puddingface Pie Pub. Pies here never disappoint! They cost more than your average British pies but are very tasty.
And thus finished our last trip to Wales!
Wales forever:)!
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