I found myself in Conway in Wales (In Welsh I think it’s spelled Cyfcuyrfddyaysy) and I was standing in line to see The Smallest House in Great Britain. Continue reading “The Smallest House In Great Britain” »
At least this one has an off-on instruction
I was on one of those sampler platter trips where you spend not enough time at too many places and the whole thing passes in a blur. Continue reading “In The Shower a Stripper Pole” »
I was completely lost when I took this picture
I’m wandering through the Marrakech Medina, completely guide-free. The reason I mention the “guide-free” is because it’s a whole different experience when you don’t have someone scaring off the touts. It’s borderline awful actually, not having a guide; almost like having an entourage. Continue reading “Marrakech and the Fine Art of Haggling” »
These are the kinds of pictures I take. For one thing I can’t take good pictures. Continue reading “How To Name a Restaurant” »
A big hole in the ground
A lot of places, when you actually visit them, underwhelm. It’s rare that a place lives up to its billing. Continue reading “The Grand Canyon Never Disappoints” »
Titanic Quarter–Belfast, Northern Ireland
The first thing I am told, before I ventured into the confines of Titanic Belfast, the city’s newest exhibition, is that it’s not a museum. Continue reading “Titanic Belfast: A Review” »
Albion
The parking garage where I keep my car was going to be painted and I had to move it for the day. I thought it was the perfect excuse to get out of town for the day.
On a recent trip to Wales I was allowed into the locomotive car to see the engineers at work. The Talylynn Railway is a narrow gauge track and it used to be used to carry slate from the slate mines.
This video is a little shaky, and a little on the long side, as Internet videos go, but I think its pretty interesting. You can see the countryside going by, and you also learn a good bit about driving a train.
If this gets you excited, you can take your train fetish even further and go to Wales and ride on them. (There are lots of them.) This particular line has been in continuous operation since 1865.
For more information, go here.