graduation ceremony

July 2023

July was such an exciting month. Most importantly, I’ve graduated from KCL with a 1st Class (Hons), and last week I had the ceremony. We decided to spend a few days in London as well, just to celebrate. I will blog about the graduation in a couple of days. Highlights from this month include the […]

Warrington Museum - outside

Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

Warrington Museum & Art Gallery is a free museum in Warrington, a small city between Liverpool and Manchester. Despite living in the Liverpool area for over a decade, I haven’t been to this museum before. It’s so interesting that I plan to visit it again, when they have special exhibitions or events. I have to […]

Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden

Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden

Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a lovely garden with a cafe, a picnic table or two, and plenty of places where to relax on a lovely sunny day. Get some food for the very friendly fish and ducks, as I will next time I will go there. On top of that, it’s free to visit, […]

Mushrooms a la Mariniere

The Eating Gorilla

The Eating Gorilla is a fully vegan restaurant in Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales. It’s also the only one in that area, so a must go to place if you are a vegan on holiday in that part of the world. Of course, their dishes are amazing and it would satisfy any client, but it is a […]

Black Rock Sands Beach

Black Rock Sands Beach

Enjoy my pictures from the Black Rock Sands Beach. It is a beach in Wales. Don’t miss the castle in the second picture, it’s Criccieth Castle, dating back to the 13th century. I haven’t visited it, but I would love to, given the opportunity.

Portmeirion

Portmeirion

Portmeirion is a village built in the 20th century, from 1920s until 1970s, made to look Italian. Now it is a tourist destination, one in which it’s easy to spend a day without any doubt. The village is stunning, there are restaurants, cafes, shops, two walks – a woodland walk and a beach walk. There […]

Underground Golf course

Underground Golf

Underground Golf is one of the adventures at Zip World, in Blaenau Ffestiniog. They have zip line and karts and a tour in an ex-army truck. Zip line is a big NO from me, but I might be inclined to do the tour in the army truck and the karts. It was raining, so we […]

Harlech Castle

Harlech Castle

Harlech Castle is one of four castles on the UNESCO list, found in North Wales and built by English King Edward I, all designed by James of St George (c. 1230-1309). I’ve been to the other three and here are the pictures, from a few years ago: Beaumaris, Caernarfon (where King Charles was invested as […]

Llanfair slate caverns

Llanfair slate caverns

Llanfair slate caverns are man-made caverns, close to Harlech, with stunning views of Cardigan Bay. It was raining when we visited, so no pictures, but the view was still beautiful. There is a lovely cafe and a well stocked gift shop. The slate caverns are free-flow and the entry fees are value for money. We […]

View from the train

Ffestiniog Railway

The Ffestiniog Railway is one of the most important steam railways in Wales. We decided to take our holiday in Wales because of it. It was on our to-do list for some time and now it was the perfect time for it. The Ffestiniog Railway is part of the UNESCO “Slate landscape of North Wales” […]