Truckin'

View from my accommodations in University of London for orientation

Well I have to admit, I will definitely have to limit the number of beautiful pictures I share on this post because after sorting (or in most cases, not sorting) out my phone (which still doesn't work), my housing (which I can't move into until the 12th), and my bank account (that I can't get until I move in) we took an incredible detour down the West coast of Wales and a venture through the middle of Snowdonia. So, although I have a few pictures of my BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS and my INCREDIBLE ACCOMMODATIONS for the year, I will be saving those sights for another time.

Goodbye small friends, enjoy frolicking and screaming in groups in the dark of night

On Tuesday the 4th, we left our cute little mountain cottage with the funny little sheep to head towards my London Fulbright orientation and, instead of taking the same highway we took in, we decided to go straight through the national park of Snowdonia. To trick our GPS, we stopped in a town along West Wales and it was no disappointment. In the mountain cottage, the seagulls among the sheep seemed out of place, but here, they fit right in. Along the coast there were both beaches and steep cliffs overlooking the Irish sea.

And, of course, they had a castle.

Castle #4: Castell Criccieth

After our quick pitstop, we headed straight for London. We visited Mt. Snowdon, but otherwise it was a fairly uneventful car ride. My orientation experience is coming soon, but in the meantime, here are more pictures. Really, I did narrow them down.

(peep castle #5 peeking up in between the mountains)