A Day by the Sea

Today was a perfect day. All of my weirdness from yesterday has faded and I'm choosing to dwell on all of the happy things and the fact that my parents are here in Wales for an entire week. We had a wonderful morning beginning with press-pot coffee and some welsh cakes with jam. We talked for a good hour in my cozy little room and then decided to course of our day. We chose to take the bus from Bangor to Llandudno (on the North Eastern coast) despite the early rainshower. A funny little phenomenon that occurs along the coast of the Menai is that no matter where it is raining, Bangor, Conway, Llanfairfechan, Deganwy, the Great Orme (the peninsula on the Northern coast of the Menai Strait that juts out into the Irish Sea) ALWAYS has sun and blue skies. So Llandudno was a good choice on a rainy morning because of it's close proximity to the G.O.

We took the morning bus to the scenic coastal town with brilliantly blue skies and walked along the seaside, picking up little treasures here and there, sea glass, shells, and stones.

We parked ourselves on a bench by the water and ate rolls with local cheese, some fruit and of course, Jaffa Cakes. The town of Llandudno is a very sweet town, nestled between steep mountain cliffs and corseted by the sea it has the feel of a place that time forgot. The tall, turn of the century buildings that line the coast are various shades of soft pink, blue, and sea foam green stucco; the exotic foliage makes one feel like they are walking along a street in the Mediterranean rather than one in the North of Wales. Everything in the town was coated with a thin layer of seasalt, the benches, the doorknobs, even my face!

I am so in love with days like this where time just sort of carries me along and any semblance of an agenda or schedule is thrown away.

After our lunch we walked along the pier out into the water and then swiftly back to shore due to the wind. Mom and I found a little Café and we decided to take a seat and warm up with some tea. It was so lovely to sit and talk with my parents about everything that has been going on in life.

My parents told me all about their travels in Germany; my mom spoke fondly of her days there in high school and college and how good it felt to have gone back and seen people and places from her past. I am so happy that they were able to get out of the states and take some time for themselves to travel and have fun, they are more than worthy of such a break!

We boarded the afternoon bus back home to Bangor, tired but happy. Tomorrow we are planning another day out, perhaps to Conwy (Con-way) which lies just North East of Bangor on the coast. It is a nice little town with a castle and a beautiful harbor. Now, onto more important things: evening tea.

XO