End of Day Three in the UK

We travelled on after our tour of Cardiff Castle....

The buildings in this area are old and beautiful - and very well maintained....

The scenery is still beautiful....

When we arrived at Ludlow, they were having a flower festival...

This is a wider shot of this old stone structure - not uncommon in this part of the country!

When we got off the bus, we had some free time to wander around, and found ourselves walking on real cobblestone streets!

Poppa was captivated by this beautiful floral display.  He stopped to examine it closely since he would like to duplicate it for the front of our house!

Once again we were happy to call it a day - this is the view from our hotel room that night... and....

... this is the view in the opposite direction!  What a wonderful trip this turned out to be!

Day 3 in the UK (Part 2)

All too soon....

... we were back on the bus heading north.  The scenery in Wales is wonderful...

Poppa wasn't as intrigued with the scenery as I was and fell asleep as we rolled along....

......... but I was still looking out the window at the countryside....

......... which kept changing and was always lovely and contained some livestock from time to time, until....

... we arrived in Cardiff with some free time to stroll around.  We saw this amazing carousel and I had to get a picture for you!  After grabbing a bite to eat...

... we met James, our travel Director (who was VERY knowledgeable about everything, as well as very skilled in keeping everything under control!)... and then

... we all headed to Cardiff Castle, which....

...is absolutely stunning inside!

Trust me - the pictures do not do justice to the beauty and opulence of this famous castle!

I wished I had brought my big camera - my phone didn't really do it justice - imagine living here!

It is huge and we kept climbing spiral staircases.  When we reached...

... this huge dining room (where Poppa counted 34 chairs around the table!) 

...and the embellishments were breathtaking, but we were both a little tired and warm from all the climbing, so we decided to skip the last set of spiral stairs and went outside for a rest!  When the rest of the group came out of the castle,  we boarded the bus once more.

Where we were handed a timetable for the next day...

..... and dropped off at a lovely hotel in Cardiff where we didn't waste too much time getting into bed for a rest!