| This was the car we hired this trip. It was a Peugeot from Hertz. It rode well and was more than enough room. The car had a feature we had never seen before. Whenever it rained, the wipers would come on automatically and regulate speed based upon the intensity of the rain. |
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| A welcome break. |
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| The view westward on the M4 motorway from the passenger's seat. |
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| I took this just as an example of what gasoline costs over there. That price is not dollars per gallon. It's pence per litre. With the exchange rate at about $1.45 to the pound, this works out to be around $4.22 per gallon. |
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| A swan, see? I apologize for the pun (it is the lowest form of humor), but this photo was taken in Swansea. Unbeknownst to me, this was first photo I took after the world changed forever. |
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| Planes were falling from the sky. |
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| Tower Two was collapsing. |
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| The Riverside Tavern, where you can get two meals from a sizzling selection for only £5.99. |
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| The Welsh countryside. Or if I was to say it in the language of the people, "Y llydwn dywlgryl." |
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| The day after the attacks of September 11, we continued on our trip. What else could we do? On our way north through Wales we made a stop in the small town of Caerphilly for one reason. Just across the small bridge in the distance over the trees is... |
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| ...Caerphilly Castle. The epitome of a spooky-looking old castle, complete with a moat and everything. Aside from knocking my noggin on a low clearance (I think the inhabitants must have been pretty short a few centuries ago), it was a good visit. |
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| Lovely country though. |
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| Vast expanses of nothing but rolling hills of green. |
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| Our lodging at Conwy, "Fishermore." |
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| The Red Lion Inn. Good pub, but no Strongbow. So a pint of Guinness would do nicely as a substitute. |
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