My Study Abroad Adventures in Swansea, Wales: Weekend Exploring

Hello, hello!

In about an hour, I'll be heading to the National Waterfront Museum in downtown Swansea, but until then, here's for some blogging.

Saturday, a large group of us went to the very charming & quaint city of Mumbles, right next to Swansea and home to Catherine Zeta Jones. It took a bit to figure out the bus system and how to get there, but at least I have a bus pass that didn't cost me anything. Once we arrived, we walked down the "prom," right next to the water, until we finally arrived at a place for lunch around 3pm. (I only ate one official good-sized meal yesterday - I guess that's what you get for not really having easy access to food, not wanting to spend money on constantly going out to eat, and not wanting to eat fried foods every time you go out to eat). This restaurant was a DELIGHT - not expensive, good food!, we ate outside, beautiful day with actual sunshine, wonderful new friends, and gorgeous views of the Swansea Bay. Then we went to this popular ice cream shop called Jo's Ice Cream. Then we walked back toward Oystermouth Castle and explored it for a while. That had breathtaking views, and the sun was out! -- It rains every day so when ever the sun peeks out, I die of joy. -- Then our journey continued to Tesco, which is the local grocery store. Finally, we came home. I rested & got ready for our Pub Crawl. This was hosted by the Student Union in order to show us some fun nightlife places in Swansea. First, we went to the pub/club on campus and danced for a while. Then we went to another club, and that had a lot of old/weird-looking people and wasn't really my thing. Then we went to the very posh Oceana club, and it was quite fun! We hung out by the bar - naturally, didn't order anything and still haven't really taken advantage of the younger drinking age - watched people sing terribly at Karaoke, and then went downstairs to the dance floor and danced for a while. A very good time indeed.

PS - The Welsh accent is a combination of English & Minnesota. It's funny.

My intensive class on Great Britain Culture and Politics starts tomorrow. Hope it's good!