Rejuvenation is necessary

Oh, what a night!! I had posted from the ferry last night before we got off of it. What was supposed to be a great time saving idea cost us dearly!! When we tried to find a place to stay in Fishguard, there was nothing. There was one place that had two twin beds, but it looked really rough and there were people outside cat calling and such at 12:30 at night. I wasn't too fond of that, so we looked elsewhere. BIG mistake.

We drove around until 3:30 trying to find a place up the coast of Wales. We finally hit a town that had a parking place right beside the beach. Really, I needed a bathroom and Tony had seen a sign for public toilets. It had no light and to say it was a little scary is an understatement. But I survived and told him we needed to stay right there for the night.

I can't remember the last time we slept in the car, if ever. It was not a fun experience!! It was about 40 degrees outside, so Tony left the car running. That totally freaked me out, but it's a diesel so there are no toxic fumes. I had bad dreams for the couple of hours we did sleep. I was awake for the largest portion of the time we spent there. NOT PLEASANT!!

Tony finally woke up around 8. I swear that man could sleep standing up if he had to. He said he didn't sleep well, but he slept nonetheless. We set off to find a place for breakfast. The little town we stayed in was actually very pretty. It had brightly colored buildings on the harbor and sail boats in the bay. We woke to see it had all sorts of hotels and bed and breakfast signs. None of them were welcoming us at 3:30 in the morning, however.

We found a place that had American breakfast. We both had French toast. Once we got a little bit of food in our bellies, we decided we could attempt to sight see for the day. We thought about just getting a room and sleeping all day, but it seemed like such a waste. So, off we went.

As we drove, we just weren't seeing anything that caught our eye. We both soon realized that sight seeing wasn't going to cut it today. Fortunately Tony had gotten an iPhone for here in Europe as we don't have international plans on our phones. I started doing some google searching on nice places to see and stay in Wales. I found the perfect place for us.

After we typed in the address and started driving in that direction, it felt like another wild goose chase. We drove, the roads got narrow, and it seemed like we were going nowhere anyone wanted to be. But then out of the blue, we came upon a dam and a beautiful lake. We had a bit of a problem finding the hotel, but we finally did.

Lake Vyrnwy is the name of this place. It's like an old country house on the first man made lake. It has what looks like a castle on the lake right out our window. We came in, showered, and then slept for 3 or 4 hours. It should be interesting to see if we can sleep tonight. I'm betting we won't have any problems.

I had suggested we spend two nights here and Tony took the bait. I'm so glad! I think we'll be plenty busy tomorrow exploring around the lake and seeng what is here. It's not a big town, but there is a lot of nature to see - just what we like.

We've had a wonderful vacation, but both of us have somewhat reached our limit. We've gone over 2600 miles so far and the night in the car put us over the edge. Hopefully a couple of days in one spot will rejuvenate us for the home stretch to London.