Yesterday was very rainy. It pretty much rained all day but the rain was not going to stop us from doing some exploring. A group of us went down the road from our flats and went to Mike's Bites to get food. And then we walked down to the grocery store, Morrison's, and picked up some things to make for dinner. We ended up just doing some pasta and sauce with some garlic bread but it was very delicious. Later on last night the majority of our program group played one huge game of mafia which was so fun and a great way for us all to get to know each other. The towns people of course won the game, taking out the mafia one by one ... although I was not successful in finishing the game as I got run through by a unicorn horn. :) It was a very fun time though.
Today I woke up and was very happy to see the sun shinning into my window. We met with Tecwyn and he went over some things with us for about an hour and a half. He also told us that there are some places that we need to explore on our own and journal about for his class. Two of the places, the Pier and Roman Camp, he highly suggested that if we were up for a bit of walking today that we should go to them since it was such a nice day. So a rather large group of us decided to take on the challenge. We began walking down to the pier, passing many university buildings. I found were one of the music buildings is, so that was very exciting! We got down to the pier and I don't even have words for how amazingly beautiful it was. It was honestly so breathtaking. I do not think I have ever seen anything quite so peaceful and beautiful. I will definitely be going back down to the pier any time that I can. We walked down to the end of the pier where there is a little shop where they sell scones and tea. So of course we all had to get some. They were so delicious!! And they people working were so very nice! We headed back from the pier and found the entrance to Roman Camp, which none of us really had any idea what it was. But we started walking up this dirt trail on the side of this hill ... let me tell you it got quite steep as we got higher. After a short while we got to a clearing and walked over to the edge and we could see everything!! I was looking down onto the pier where we just were and up at the mountains. It was absolutely wonderful, definitely worth the steep climb up.
Words and pictures cannot even begin to describe how wonderful it is here and how beautiful it all is. I definitely know I made the right choice in coming to Bangor. And everyone that is here on this program has been wonderful. We already feel like a bit of a family for each other which I think is amazing when you have a group our size. Tomorrow we get to go take a look at a Norman Castle and a slate mine and on Tuesday we get a general tour of Snowdonia and then Wednesday it's off to Ireland for a few days!! I'm so excited!!
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