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Stormy gales blow through Wales

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I’m in Wales, and the electricity is working. Now that’s worth mentioning because before it wasn’t.
Matt and I hopped a train to Heathrow this morning, where we were to pick up our little Czech car at 9 a.m. We did so, at a perfectly reasonable 380 GBP, and drove off into the west.
With many reminders to Matt to stay on the left side of the road, we made it to the m4, and continued on for a few hours with only a stop to grab a pair of Big Macs and some chicken nuggets.
It is quite funny I had to cross an ocean to eat a McDonald’s burger again. I have to say, it was quite good.
We made it to the farmhouse around 3 p.m., and, boy, is it beautiful. It’s also on sale for 360,000 GBP at the moment, and I’ll have a video up, hopefully, tomorrow, to show our trip and the farmhouse. I meant to have it today, but as soon as I started filming here it suddenly went dark…like I said, due to the wind, the power went out.

Now, time for a flashback: last Thursday in London we first visited the London museum and the National Gallery. Both are worth visiting, if only because of the fact that it is free. The London museum covers the history of London from pre civilization to the present, and the London Gallery houses many famous painting. I did enjoy the part of the Gallery where I got to see Leonardo’s Madonna on the Rocks, various van Gogh paintings, and some artworks I’ve never seen before, but I never was one to stay too long in such exhibitions. Call me uncultured.
We then walked all the way home, across the bridge right by Big Ben, Westminster, and the houses of parliament, to join our fellow hostel goers for some Halloween festivity.
It sounds like we went crazy. Sure. We drank a gin and tonic each and went to sleep. Our costumes were pajamas.
Happy belated Halloween!

Day 4: London calling

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So it’s our fourth day in London, our third and last full one, and yesterday was the first time that we’ve been hit with stereotypical London weather. It was raining and chilly, though not as chilly as some of the locals tell us it normally is this time of the year. I haven’t been writing because I’ve been ridiculously busy during the day, then super tired at night…there must definitely is no shortage of things to do here.
On Wednesday, Matt and I got our stuff together fairly early in the morning, and headed off to the Tower of London, to see where the royal family once lived, where the crown jewels are housed, and what the torture chambers look like. On all counts, the Tower pleased, though the instruments of torture were slightly deficient for my taste. We paid 18.50 pounds (the student price) to enter, and spent a very merry 5 or so hours there. Right off the bat, we included ourselves in a free tour group, led by a “Beefeater”, a very English, very funny man who told us a bit about a few of the building’s histories. The tour took about an hour, and was very entertaining…if you are every here, definitely join in on one.
After the tour concluded, we headed off to explore interiors on our own. There are a few buildings that are done with historical accuracy, while others are converted into exhibits, describing money, crowns, military, and a myriad of other things.
All in all, it is a very good way to spend a day, especially if you have company! Afterwards, we went to a place called Union Gold, on Poland St, right off of Oxford St, for some fish and chips. I got a large carp, and boy, was it good. Spent about 13 pounds for the whole thing, but had food for the next day out of it. It was fantastic.

That’s what I wrote yesterday, I will continue writing about Thursday and Friday when we get the car, which is what we’re currently going to do.