Day 4

Thursday 6/11/09
I am actually writing this entry Friday morning, because yesterday was such a jam packed day that Morgan and I got back to the Eagles and just collapsed into bed. The day started by waking up and realizing that for the first time in Wales we had blue sky and sunshine. We went to Tintern Abby first, and it was absolutely magnificent. The ruins were absolutely impressive, and massive. From there we went to Roman Baths, and a Roman forum in Caerleon. From there we went to Tredegar house and took a tour. The house was once home to the Morgan lineage, so it was fun to visit and speculate about Morgan’s potentially distant cousins. The house has been restored to its previous splendor, and was really amazing to see. We found out in the 4th room that we weren’t allowed to take pictures, but we had taken some before we were told we shouldn’t. Morgan was happy that he was able to get a picture of the Morgan family crest before they outlawed photography. From there we went to the St. Fagan’s Museum of Welsh National History. It was meant to be something like visiting colonial Williamsburg in the states, there were various housed from different periods of Welsh history which had been decorated from that time period, and there were people in costume within those houses able to answer questions about the time period. Unfortunately there was some movie that was using several of the houses as part of a filming set, so the Museums actors were tied up as extras. It felt very strange exploring what felt like an abandoned village for the most part, looking through windows to see the decor of the house. From there we proceeded to drive 4 hours north to get back to the Eagles Bunkhouse. The drive was absolutely spectacular because of the clear skies we could see hills in the distance, and the sun lit up amazing vistas. We even saw the sun set ( at 9:40pm). We stopped at an Inn called The Unicorn for dinner, and I have to say that I got very frustrated with my dinner. I was feeling kinda tired from our jam packed day, and was looking for some comfort food for dinner, so I ordered the Lasagna. Unfortunately their idea of lasagna was undrained ground beef, noodles and a little cheese melted on top… absolutely no tomato sauce! It was quite disgusting! But other then that the day was lovely. Now off to another adventure.