Waking Up in Wales

We wandered far over the last 2 days, spending almost 35 hours in transit, using a car, train, truck, bus and plane. Everything ran smoothly and perfectly, despite there being many waiting periods, connection points and sundry other mini "detours" along the way like buying a car and groceries, returning items to Home Depot and shipping a parcel via UPS. There were no panics either, but also barely any shuteye. Our only hiccup was not being allowed to pay for a spot in the lounge in Paris, where we'd intended sleeping whilst waiting 7 hours for our connecting flight. We were turned away because "there may not have been enough space for their First Class passengers." I was able to lie on the floor of the transit hall and snore heartily, while Dale found the ONLY two seats without an armrest in between them and fenagled a way to sleep there, with his knees bent up over the next armrest - there was no turning over.

Waiting for a train

I'm happy to report that Immigration was a breeze

We were so lucky that there were no flight delays, and that the trains were running on time. This meant we got to the car dealership, as planned, an hour before closing. What a lovely feeling to have our own car here for the first time. 

The countryside on the last leg of a journey was a gleaming mass of green hills in the late afternoon glow, and our garden was an amazingly beautiful array of vivid colors in the golden light. Inside were welcome cards and gifts from neighbors and family. What a soft and happy landing for us!

Somehow, we managed to sleep through till 6:30AM today, which was a surprise. We were expecting jetlag to do a nasty on our circadian rhythm, but maybe I'm in for a rude awakening tonight ...We took it easy today, and did a small bit of gardening (with minimal effort), in between visits from neighbors, unpacking our bags and finding places for our belongings. Dale even rescued his first lamb that had its head stuck in a fence. The birds are gregarious and cheerful around here. On this, our second day in Wales, we have yet to see rain ...

We took a short walk into town to get our bearings, and though we tried stopping in at the pub for a pint, it was not yet open, but we've taken note of the hours now! This is the road/lane that leads up to our house from the town. It's the road you will travel on your visit to see us!