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Wednesday 7 September, King Arthur, Celtica and to Aberystwyth
Great Britain 2005 - part XIX
Elisabeth & Teije2006-08-28 17:46:08
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an original Welsh castle. Most of the castles in Wales were build by the English king Edward I after he had conquered Wales, to keep the Welsh in check.
The town is not only a university town with an important library, but also a well known seaside resort. Today it is chilly and the beaches almost empty, but with nice weather it can be very crowded here. But in the center of the city it is very crowded, don't these people have to go to work?
After walking around for some while, we drive to the north side of the boulevard and take Cliff Railway, a small tramway, to the top of the Constitution Hill. Even with this cloudy weather the viw is quite nice and we also visit the largest camera obsura in the world (the entrance is free when you have a tramway ticket). But we don't stay outside very long and quickly return to the warmth of the car.
At night we watch televion for some time waiting for the weather forecast, but we have to wait for a very long time. And when it finally is there, it is told for the whole of Great Briatin within 90 seconds! We think it quite strange since the weather is one of the most favourite topics to talk about for the British, especially because it is so unstable. When you ever see a news broadcast on Dutch television, notice how much time is spend on the weather forecast. And on every tv station almost every hour! In Holland the weather has become big bussiness. Finally something the British could learn from us: tell about the weather in Machynlleth on the local radio and television station every hour, search some sponsors and the bell tower is saved in a couple of weeks!
I have to go down a few times, thinking of all sort of excuses, like having forgotten things from the car, trying to arrange something nice for the birthday of Elisabeth tomorrow. She really thinks I have forgotten it... But except a special birthday breakfast I can't arrange anything, even a breakfast in the castle is not possible.
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