A Place Like This

Tag: Wales

  • Mousy Brown’s House

    —

    by

    Valarie Budayr
    in , ,

    Here's a vision for you: It isn't with just everyone that I sit in front of a coal lit fire in my gnome pyjamas, knitting a hat, and singing a long while I watch GLEE. But that's just the sort of friend that EM is.  This past January I popped over to Wales to wish…

  • A Last Look at Wales

    —

    by

    Valarie Budayr
    in

    After the coldness of the last couple days, this morning felt down right balmy. You know what that means,……it's time to walk the dog.   I would have taken any occasion to walk through this lovely countryside. For a bit I was worried that I wouldn't even get to see Wales because of the fog,…

  • Junk shop/Vintage in Wales

    —

    by

    Valarie Budayr
    in

    Bryn-Y-Grog is the local "junk" shop. Uh, I don't know about you but a junk shop that starts out looking like this might need to go by another name.   This fine shop is not housed in the manor but in the outbuilding just next door.   From the minute you enter the shop one…

  • Where are you ? How do you say that?

    —

    by

    Valarie Budayr
    in

    I think I had a preconceived idea that I was going to the UK, therefore the language at hand would be English. Except for the differences between American English and British English, there should be no problem. All that changes when you go to Wales. Though English is spoken everywhere and I had zero problems…

  • A Foggy Welcome in Wales

    —

    by

    Valarie Budayr
    in

    Ah finally home again to a very sunny Tennessee. There is something so wonderful about travel. I see things through such a magnified lenses, that the ordinary become extraordinary simply by being in different surroundings.   Emily was right there to gather me from the airport. We had such a wonderful time over the next…