European Vacation Day Five

Day Five, June 8th.
The next morning started very early with bagged breakfast in hand we had to make our way to the ferry to take us across the Irish Sea from Dublin, Ireland to Holy Head, UK. The crossing was to take just over 3 hours and is the largest passenger and car ferry in the world. The sea was calm and it gave me a feeling of want to go on another cruise.

After disembarking the ferry we had to pick up our luggage much like an airplane terminal. After grabbing our things we loaded up onto a much more comfortable bus than we had before. The bus took us to Beaumaris Castle.

While there we were treated to a renaissance fair with people dressed in period attire and walking around the grounds talking as if in the days of the past. We had to grab food quickly so we stepped into the Castle Restaurant and was introduced to beacon baps. Basically a beacon sandwich which was very good. We rejoined the bus and rode in comfort through Snowdonia National Park where we got to see the second highest mountain peak in Europe, Mount Snowdon.

We stopped off at a scenic area to look at the mountain range and get some photos. We made our way to Betws-y- Coed, Wales which is Welsh and translates to Prayer House in the Woods.

We walked along the roads and enjoyed this small town that was over run with tourist and people of the surrounding area out enjoying the weather. We were informed that when the locals sunbath it is called pinking because they rarely are able to tan. We continued on and stopped at a scenic little town split in half by a railroad and a river.

 

The town was Llangollen, Wales situated on the River Dee. The railroad still uses steam engines and the passenger cars bare the British Railways symbol of the red dragon. We ended the days travels in Crewe, UK at the Ramada Encore. The rooms were very clean and modern with hard wood floors and minimalistic decore. We met up in the dining area for dinner. We were served Cottage Pie and chocolate cake with cream for dessert. The food was very good and we went back to our rooms to find that the free internet wasn't working. Nice.