Llanberis

Slate museum

The highlight of North Wales is definitely Mt.Snordon. You can climb up to the top by train. But our tour did not have enough time for that, so instead, we went…

Snowdonia

The ugly house

I took this photo from the bus, so it is not very clear, but this is the Ugly House in Snowdonia ( Wales ). The following is the story Kevin, our guide…

Snowdonia

Nature in Wales

After visiting Conway, a pretty town in Wales, the tour went into wild nature. The mountains around here have no trees as if they were on the high altitude, which made…

Conwy

At the oldest house in Wales

The whitish house is the oldest town house in Wales called Aberconwy House in Conwy, north Wales. It was built in the 14th century and went through many owners and now…

Conwy

The smallest house in Great Britain

The red house in this photo is the one. It is in Conwy in Wales and facing the port. It was built in 16th century and until 1900, someone was really…

Conwy

English castle in Wales

This was my third time to come to Conwy in north Wales, but I did not know that this magnificent castle is English. I thought it was Welsh. Our tour guide…

Ironbridge

World first iron bridge

The first iron bridge was built in 1779 and it is still there now in a quiet village called Ironbridge which is situated in the middle of England. In those days,…

Stratford-upon-Avon

The wife of Mr. Shakespeare

In Stratford-upon-Avon, we visited Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway’s house and looked at it from outside. It is quite a big house with thatched roof. Her father was apparently a yeoman and…

Stratford-upon-Avon

The bedroom

This is the parents’ bedroom in Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. William Shakespeare was born in this room. According to the explanation of the guide in this room, the reason…