Here are some keywords and phrases noted down by the excursioners during the trip home from Wales. Maybe they will give you the flavour of some moments and impressions we found exciting!

  • friendliness of the Welsh!
  • stunning landscape
  • beautiful weather!
  • sheep and stonewalls everywhere
  • communicating with Welsh people
  • afternoon at the beach
  • school visits!
  • rooms in Bangor
    ALDI in Bangor
    Victorian pier in Bangor


    Football:
  • playing it > big fun, big danger
  • watching it > superb European Cup!
  • "I watched more football games on TV in one week than in the past two years!"
  • playing billiards and "kicker"—less risky than football...
  • the daily chillout in the evenings with beer and football
  • Snowdon in the fog
  • The Englishman who climbed up a hill but couldn’t come down…
  • trainride
  • slate mine
  • C.A.T. and the alternative food with flowers
  • all the castles!
  • Günther Netzer (alias Hanno) on the bus
  • Welsh ice cream, our breakfasts, and pub meals
    Starbucks coffee
    Llangollen quarterpounder with cheese
    yummy nuts!
  • kitchen parties, especially Brandy’s stories
    keeping the fire doors shut at the hall of residence – or, rather, trying to open them
    cheerful breakfast woman and the bartender at the University in Cardiff
  • open-air museum and the old lady who told us about the wicked Earl of Plymouth
  • National Museum in Cardiff
  • beautiful Cardiff castle
  • Irish pub at St. John’s Church in Cardiff
    audiotaping the fabulous live band at the “Sugar”
    cafe jazz in Cardiff
  • shopping in Cardiff
  • Welsh women’s style
  • Were our prejudices reinforced by the British geezers and girls?
  • Harry Potter III
  • ferry trips – one fun, the other delicious!
  • super busdriver!!
  • our group!!!
  • variety of our program – thanks to Cathy and Phil for organizing a wonderful gtrip!
  • “Wales starts where the sheep start.”
    “We’ll be there soon - it’s just around the next bend.”
    C.A.T.: “We believe in compost!”
    “Never go back the way you come!”