Welsh wizard!!!

Guess where I've been? Cymru.... Gwalia (a term for Wales very popular especially during Victorian times)....Wales....however you say it, it's absolutely smashing! Good God, starting to sound like a 98.7 DJ trying to be posh. Sort of like saying texting instead of SMS (courtesy of kakak :D). Righty-ho. Back to normal speech. Been away for a week; just arrived back from the countryside. Real countryside with cows, sheep (loads of sheep!) and everything. Call me sua' ku (that how you spell it? Spelling has never been my strongest suit) , but the whole experience was novel. The downside to all that fresh country air? It smells like shit. Sheep shit to be more precise. Overwhelmingly so. Before I get scolded by Nazir again for complaining about the smell, I shall just go on to the raptures over nature.

We stayed in a nice cottage called Cae Garw, somewhere near Botwanogg, in Northern Wales. Fantastic views from the bedroom windows. Imagine waking up to mountains and hills and little puffs of sheep. Ahh...bliss. We went to the seaside, hiked a not-so small hill (about 300 m), saw some castles - Harlech and Caernarfon, and went to Snowdon. Harlech is highly recommended. It's a wee castle set on rocks and cliffs overlooking the sea. Reminded me of those snow globes come to life. Nature, open spaces, loads of nature. Green pastures, wee sheep (stinky but quite pretty when viewed from a distance), sea, blue skies. Going back to London was quite a letdown after all that. Me, a city dweller saying that! Wales is that fantastic. Plus, real cute dragon on their flag too.

Despite the title, the trip had nothing to do with Ryan Giggs. Didn't even pass Cardiff! Ha. Appealled to my sense of humour nonetheless.