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MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 7 – May 11 2019 This was our huge hike day!! We hiked the roughly 3,000+ feet tall mountain, Y Garn. Along our hike, we got to see wild goats, horses, cows, and eagles! It was quite a scramble and hike up the steep mountain […]

MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 6 – May 10 2019 Today, we are off to learn how to make Mead!! I found a tiny meadery named Shire Meadery just south of Snowdonia and emailed the owner who said he does classes and you can make your own mead as you

MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 5 – May 9 2019 We woke up to the sound of lamb calls (did I mention May is lambing season?!?!) and immediately decided we will need to live like this someday. Pure heaven. For breakfast, we were graciously made avocado toast with poached eggs

MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 4 – May 8 2019 We decided to get an early start on our day instead of hanging out in Chester. The friends we were meeting were working until 5, so we had the whole day to explore northern Wales. We left Chester at 10,

MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 3 – May 7 2019 Even though we didn’t sleep well, we got up and immediately got ready, checked out, and walked to the train station. Three train rides later, we were in Hereford. From the station, we walked 15 minutes with our luggage to

MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 2 – May 6 2019 After waking up at 12:30, very well rested, we walked down to the Blackfriar, a pub that specializes in pies (meat pies, not our American sweet ones) about a 30 minute walk away. We had a pint, a duck and

MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY England and Wales Trip Day 1 – May 5 2019 After 18 hours of traveling, we arrived in Covent Garden, London. We checked our bags into the Hub by Premier hotel and slowly walked to the Brick Lane Sunday markets, stopping regularly for photos of the buildings and statues we