Finishing up Tenby

I made a pizza! Two, in fact. They would have been perfect if not for a set of issues. One, I am used to garlic cloves, not minced garlic so I had to guess how much went in. Two, the microwaveable measuring cup was not in cups, so I had to try and figure out how much water was needed. At least my aunt had some measuring cups. Every one here uses ounces or grams, not cups.

The third, biggest problem was that me and my aunt could not figure out how to use the oven. Instead of words, like bake, broil, or whatever, that knob only had symbols. We had absolutely no idea what a lightbulb symbol meant, as it did not make an oven light. We guessed at a symbol and guessed wrong. I accidentally broiled my pizza instead of baking it which meant that the top was all cooked but the bottom was a bit doughy. It tasted pretty good though.


By the way, that was in Tenby. I am only a week behind...

We went to this beautiful cathedral called St. Davids that was right next to the ruins of the old Bishops Palace. And what a palace! I never knew that men of God were supposed to have so many worldly possessions and money. Those bishops lived well.

The cathedral was also rather huge. The lighting was not that great for photographs unfortunately but I did take quite a few. Once again, photos will be posted later. And later will be when I am back home in Minneapolis. Tomorrow!!!

Heatherton is like no amusement park that I have gone to or even heard of. It was like summer camp, with lots of activities like archery, shooting, but like an arcade with arcade games and paintball. There was mini golf, baseball, go karts, fishing, this tree adventure thing, and lots of other things. My cousins had a blast. My feet got tired following them race from one thing to the next.

Me and my aunt joined my cousins on one activity, the bumper boats. I got soaked and it looked like I had peed all over the back of my dress. At least it was sunny and I dried pretty quickly.

Another day we went to explore these arches in an island that is right off the shore. At low tide, you can walk all around the island, but at high tide its a proper island. I have never seen so many star fish! They were so cool. I felt like I was looking at the tide pools at the Minnesota Zoo. There were thousands of shells and lots of star fish, and even a big dead dog fish that my cousins picked up and waved around. Uck.

I think that that covers most of my adventures in Tenby.

Except! Ice cream parlour that I said I would talk about! It was too yummy for its own good. They would create ice cream things with wafers and whipped cream and chocolate flakes and other things and it would be a person! Or a train! Or something like that. I stuck to the more basic things, but after getting ice cream there twice I finally told them to put less whipped cream on.

Seriously, they put mountains on the ice cream. Half the time they put more whipped cream then ice cream. Even one time my aunt agreed that there was waaaay too much on her ice cream creation. Super yummy. But I am looking forward to my medium butterscotch dipped cone with the crunch on it when I get home.

The thing is... AGH. Those three words have sprouted into every conversation, every sentence, and it feels like every word. It started with my older cousin using it to explain why it wasn't his fault, or why he could not do something, and then my aunt or I, or my younger cousin would point it out to him that he was saying it for the millionth time. AND THEN. It spread like an epidemic. Now me and my aunt are saying it all the time and I am super self conscious about it. Every time I start a sentence with "The thing is..." I clam up. I was just on the phone and Hollis said it and I almost said "HAH! The thing is!" but I didn't. Thank goodness.

I think that Tenby is now officially summed up. Now lets see if I can get another post out while still in Wales...

I come home tomorrow!!!