See, the problem with staying in a hotel once in a while, is that it ruins my plans for world domination by reminding me how cheap I am. Some of these hostels are almost too much even for me, now that I’m reminded how nice some hotels are. For example, the hostel I checked into tonight has a light that literally cannot be turned off. We had to unscrew the bulb.

Pretty dodgy.

In other news the bed is comfy and it’s quiet. That counts for a lot. It’ll work

Liverpool is…not london. I mean of course not, right, but damn its NOT the same kind of big city. At all. Very difficult to describe but the difference is all around you.

I think I’ll enjoy it. A good mix of people. Tomorrow I’ll take a long walk and get my bearings then go to Chester in the afternoon.

Had a delightful time in swansea. The weather was unbelievable. I didn’t need all the sweaters and things I brought at all.

The bus is easy to use if you have a discounted day pass like I got somehow. If I took the wrong bus, well I just got off and tried again. I’m always surprised by the friendliness of bus drivers. Mostly they’re just good people. I’d get so tired of answering the same dumb questions lol.

Anyhoo the coastal walk that I planned went of without a hitch. Some kind person made a website that laid it all out for me. What a fun day! Saw a lot of beautiful scenery, lots of cute dogs, and some very touristy stuff too.

When my feet got tired I came back. Met a new Facebook friend on the train so that’s nice. It’s unusual to meet a local that wants to talk to a tourist!

Tomorrow I go on to Liverpool and northern Wales. Hope to see more natural beauty up there.

Well. I got some sleep after the pubs closed, anyway. I may have discovered why this hotel was so affordable lol. It’s great in every other way.

Had a chilly morning but it warmed up and I had a wonderful walk through this big park, all the way to a neat old church. The lady gave me a little tour. Neat.

There wasn’t any good way to cheaply get to the next thing I was gonna do, so I took a chance on Google maps. It sometimes leads me down a path,, so to speak. This time it worked out thank goodness, and I got to see some countryside too.

A lot of the walk was along the taff trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taff_Trail

It is unbelievably cool. If I was a cycling person I would definitely go do this thing.

Bc I’m lazy I took the bus back.

After some random crap from tesco for lunch I checked out the Welsh senate building. No tour but it’s neat just the same.

I’m tired now and ready to rest.

I saw a lot today, enough actually, of cardiff. I’m off to swansea tomorrow for some beach action.

A travel day. Had a big lunch out for my weekly sit down restaurant meal. Fish and chips to murder my stomach but it was good. A nap.