Walking Off Snowdon (for Kate and Alice)

The Trail, originally uploaded by j david.

Kristen has been doing most of the posting of late, so now that I see a question I can answer, I'll jump in. Kate and her daughter Alice live in Wales. Kristen and I visited the country this spring, before we learned of Kate's blog (Journey to Motherhood, at left- very much worth visiting). Kate asks in a comment, where we spent our time.

I had a conference in Cardiff, and Kristen met me there. We spent a day or two in Cardiff and headed north. This is the path off of Snowdon, Wale's highest peak. We were wimpy tourists and took the train up the mountain (yes, it's a mountain-Hillary trained there before he climbed Everest). We really enjoyed the walk down. One gets a sense of why in this photo.

We also visited Bodnant garden (will post photos later), toured Conwy Castle, and got soaking wet walking a drover's path. It is an absolutely lovely place. We finished our trip in London- which was fabulous too.