Cheeky Monkeys Tour Europe: Wales

So this week we went camping in Wales for a few days. Real camping with a tent and everything. Here is what I learned:

1. Tides are a real thing here. I’m used to the tide going in and out maybe 50 feet. The ones here change by hundreds of yards. You can basically visit a new beach just by waiting a few hours.

2. Tide pools are much different than the ones we have at home. There are no sea anemones to poke, but there are way more crabs.

3. There’s a reason English people like fish and chips so much and I finally understand it. Also, fish and chips really is better at the seaside.

4. Having cream tea is probably the most British thing I’ve done yet.

5. Hot water can be found in most public restrooms.

6. Restaurants and such have different prices based on if you are eating in or taking it away, and take away is cheaper.

7. Camping and being away from people is so much better than being around people.

8. The cha-cha slide is not the same everywhere. From what I have gathered, I must have learned a more country dialect (with grapevines and changes in direction) than what they teach in other places.

9. I’ve started a reread of the Harry Potter series (beginning with the PHILOSOPHER’S Stone). Being here has helped me understand the cultural references that I must have just blown by last time (like Bonfire Night and the Underground stations).

10.The Welsh language doesn’t follow any of the same rules as English. Words don’t need vowels and pretty much any letter can follow any other letter.

Places we went/things we did:

Wales