Rich found a castle for us to explore which was located near Snowdonia National Park. The landscape here in northern Wales is just beautiful--so lush and green, with trees and hills, all dotted with sheep and cows. So very peaceful! We made it to the castle and were wowed by how HUGE it was!! Keep in mind, this isn't our first one and they've all been pretty massive, but this one just kept going! Rich had to do a panoramic photo just to even attempt to get it al...

We got an early start and made our way toward Liverpool, which was only about 35 miles from us, but was estimated to take around an hour to get to. After three wrong turns (one my fault, two a gps glitch), we arrived at the car park only to find out it was already full! And this was at 9:15 am. Fortunately for us, there was an overflow lot not too far away and we found a spot. And the best part was that a convention was going on and they weren't charging for park...

We were a little tired of having to drive to visit places on Friday, it's so incredibly stressful--that we just decided to stay in and have a day of rest! We managed to drag ourselves out for a walk to see a movie, War for the Planet of the Apes (not much to choose from and it was better than I'd anticipated). Packed, fixed dinner and that was our day! Today we drove from Cheltenham to a castle called Powis. What an amazing place!! It was originally built in the...

Today was a journey to visit an estate called Croome. It was only about 15 miles away but took around 45 minutes to get there! It just cracks us up about the length of time these journeys take. However, the absolute funniest thing was this small village sign we passed on the way--see the photo. Does America have these signs I wonder?? We are still chuckling over it. Anyway, the estate was originally built several hundred years ago, but remodeled in the 1700's by...

We drove over to Stratford upon Avon and found a Tourist Information office. We were able to buy Hop on Hop Off Bus tickets and caught the next bus. There's not a whole lot really exciting to see there, but it is a charming English town and we enjoyed riding around without navigating or driving. The town is the birthplace of William Shakespeare and the entire place is built upon this. His childhood home, his wife's childhood home, and several other buildings are ...