Euroadventurer

I have so much to catch up on! We left Scotland on Saturday. We had to have Mom to the airport by 5am, so we were on the road early. We drove for a few hours and then pulled into the parking lot of a computer superstore and took a 20 minute power nap in the car. We were in three countries in one day. We left Scotland that morning, drove through England, and we were in Wales by 1:30 in the afternoon. We stopped to see Conwy castle before finishing our day at our hostel inCaernafon (Can are von) Castle. We didn't actually sleep in the castle there, we only stayed within the walls of the castle. We had a great hostel there. The only complaint was the house that it was in was kind of like an old victorian with LOTS of stairs! We were two flights up, and the kitchen (with the free breakfast) was one flight down. Ugh! We mentioned my difficulty with stairs to the woman running the place and she kindly put us on the ground floor the 2nd night. That just left one flight of stairs between me and the food!

Each castle we have seen has been so unique, and this one is amazing. We enjoyed a cup of tea on the town square, overlooking the castle itself. When we toured it, we met a Welshman who lived 30 miles away and was visiting Caernafon for only the 2nd time. He told us that Europeans have all of this at their doorstep so they don't feel the need to go out and see it.... weird, huh?

Carrie had her opportunity to see a man in his underwear while at the hostel here. An older gentleman locked himself out of his room this morning, while wearing his underwear (and a sweater). He came to her to ask for help, but she had difficulty understanding his English (he was from Budapest), so he wandered around until Esumae (the woman from Holland, with the African name, which I took a stab in the dark at spelling, who runs the hostel) (phew) showed up to let him in. At this point, I feel the need for a disclaimer: I have stayed in countless hostels and I have never seen a man in his underwear.