Friday, August 9, 2013 @ 6:08 PM in 2013 Europe
Day 44
The hostel had a pub quiz night last night so I partnered up with a German couple for the game. We ended up losing pretty bad (a lot of the questions were UK focused). I fell asleep pretty quickly last night after hiking around the Brecon Beacons all day.
This morning I got up, ate, made a peanut butter + Nutella and blackcurrant jam sandwich for later and started working.
I wanted to use today to catch up on emails as well as plan out my next part of the journey. I'd been looking around on the map and was trying to figure out where might be a good place to go and people kept mentioning the Cornwall area of England. I did a little bit of Googling and eventually found the town of Newquay (remember, quay is pronounced 'key'). It's the surfing capital of the UK and it's also situated along some beautiful coastal cliffs with a lot of hikes and walks within reach.
I booked a hostel for 7 nights and then set out to get my bus ticket. Since National Express gave me issues on the website last time, I just walked down to the coach station and got my ticket. On Monday I'll be on buses for almost 8 hours, even though distance wise it's not very far. The joys of traveling to a smaller destination and using public transport.
I read in Bute park for a little while but it started to cloud up and cool off so I went over to the Cardiff Market and got some fresh raw prawns (shrimp), a lemon and some sun dried tomato/mozzarella filled ravioli for dinner.
When I got back I read for a bit, showered and then made dinner. It turned out really good! I think it's one of the tastiest dinners I've made so far. I melted some butter and olive oil in a pan, threw in some garlic, shrimp and lemon juice and then after the ravioli cooked, I threw them in as well to let everything meld together.
It's Friday night and it sounds like the hostel bar is getting busy so I'll head over there and have a drink or two. Tomorrow I'm going to head back up to the Brecon Beacons and do a slightly different route that hits a few more peaks. I'm just going to get the 10:20 bus so I can take tomorrow morning easy.
Tags: daily journal, wales, cardiff
Posted from: Wales