Can I Say Wicked in England?: The Magical World of Wales:

   Wales is the most beautiful place ever! I've been to a lot of places and although I say most of them are really pretty or amazing, Wales is one of the prettiest places I've seen. Also, I'm not going to lie, leaving in the morning with overcast skies and a significant threat of rain, I was feeling a bit discouraged thinking, "I'm going to hike an amazing landscape and not even see 20 feet in front of me."
   But, the day got better when we stopped at a little town in Wales and got some tea and coffee. My favorite part was that they had PUMPKIN flavored coffee, which I haven't found since I've been here! So that was a lovely treat to put me in a better mood. After Callie and I enjoyed our coffee, and our bus got lost because we couldn't cross the bridge due to the height of the bus, we arrived in the Brecon Beacons park!
   As we started to climb the moderately steep slope, I remembered how much I love hiking. It's the greatest feeling to be surrounded by nature and be completely removed from the busy, modern world. I found myself just looking around, trying to take it all in- being in the middle of these grassy mountains, but I couldn't resist trying to snap a million photos. However, as we climbed, we were brought back to earth by the dense cloud cover we were about to enter. And sure enough right as we reached the ridge, we were covered by a thick blanket of fog that prohibited us from seeing any view of the surrounding mountains. We stopped to take pictures though, and we were so happy to reach the ridge even if there wasn't that much to see, and we were glad we stopped because 5 minutes later, the clouds were gone! We were so happy at this point because the view of the ridge and the two peaks we were going to hike was absolutely amazing! The rest of the hike was wicked fun, and I could talk about it all day, but honestly I don't have that much to say. It was one of those moments where I felt so content and so thrilled about being on the mountain that the outside world ceased to exist. I remember when my friend Rathi and I almost reached the bottom of the mountain, we slowed down so that we could stay a little longer, knowing that we might never be in such a cool place in Wales again. Oh another fun thing, the sheep on the mountain were really interesting, and we liked how they scaled the steep slopes to climb and eat food.
   As you can see, Wales is a magical place, where pumpkin is a real flavor and the mountains look like those in Harry Potter. After eating my firers Shepard's Pie, we drove back to Bath where the rest of the weekend was relaxing...
   But, Sunday after a day of relaxing, my friends and I walked 11 miles to Bradford-On-Avon, a cute medieval town on the river! It was different to see the riverboat houses and canal! We walked for a good 4 hours before reaching the little town where we ate lunch, had tea and walked around. There was this old Saxon church that dated back to 1100, which is pretty old! I liked that and I also liked this old barn we found! Perhaps we were ambitious at one point about walking back, but lets be real, after 11 miles...we took the bus. haha It was well worth it too because we all had work to do when we returned home after a long day of walking. Overall, my weekend was so fun and I'm glad I spent some time in Bath. I feel like I got some quality exploration done and it made me appreciate my English home. Even though it's only been 10 days, this is the longest amount of time I've spent in Bath in 6 weeks, so I was successful in exploring and relaxing. Here are the pictures from hiking! The ones from Bradford-On-Avon won't upload, so I'll try again later.