Western Coast, Wales
Aberystwyth
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Aberystwyth Castle Ruins
Llanrhystud
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| The national symbol of Wales. |
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| The view from the National Library of Wales. The castle ruins can be seen at the left. |
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| The National Library of Wales contains the National Archives where we spent a day researching ancestral lineage. |
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| View of the University from the castle ruins. |
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| Aberystwyth University and St. Michael's Anglican church. |
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| St. Michael's with the University in the background. |
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| Our hotel on the Promenade. |
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| We had nice views of the sunsets from our hotel room |
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| View South from the hotel, along the Promenade. |
Along the Promenade
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| Starting at the North end. |
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| Looking North. Constitution Hill rises up from the North end of the Promenade. |
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Promenade is lined with flags of minority European states or nations
with their own language, such as Wales and the Basque provinces in
Spain. |
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| This flock of birds put on a nice swooping and diving aerial display one evening. |
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| The original Aberystwyth University building. |
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Around the Town
Aberystwyth is a university town as well as a seaside resort location.
There are lots of quaint shops and businesses catering to summer visitors.
It was pretty quiet when we were here in October.
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| Aberystwyth train station. |
Views from the Top of Constitution Hill
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| Looking out from the tram to the top. |
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| Looking North along the coast. |
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Dining out
We had some great meals in Aberystwyth.
Typical English comfort food, pretty heavy.
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| A nice meat pie. |
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| In the White Horse Pub. |
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| Went to a friend's house for some traditional Welsh Cawl - lamb stew with cheese and butter bread. |
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| Bread pudding for desert. |
Back to Europe 2015
Aberystwyth Castle Ruins
Llanrhystud