The last leg of the journey.. *sniff* ..

Well, folks. Our journey comes to an end soon. It has been so short, it seems! Its not QUITE over, I suppose. We still have the plan ride back to Canada tomorrow.. WOW, thats tomorrow!! Yikes. But here is what happened this past week. :)

We climbed a tree! We did more than that, I assure you. :) After going to the park/cemetery with Tom, Erica and Hannah, we left to go back to our little home in Wales. It felt like going home, it was great. I love it there. The next morning was Monday, and for most of the day, we just lazed around, and played outside. We climbed a tree! It was so fun. From our vantage point (good movie) up there, we watched them move cows, and we spied on the little calves over the fence. When we were not in the tree, we were playing with this little football (a REAL football, not a soccer ball) that Lin had lying around the house. :) We think it was her son Sion's. (Pronounced "Sean") ..Have we told you all her kids names? They are so cool. Their names are Mathew (pronounced "mat-how", kind of.), Dewydd (pronounced "Dah-vith" .. don't ask.), Sion, and Elan, pronounced how it looks. They are so cool! So, to us, they would probably be Matthew, David, Sean and Ellen. But I like their original spellings better. :)

This is their house. Its so beautiful. We LOVE brick houses, and this one is so old. Lin once told me the history behind their farm, Kilford Farm, ..but I forget.. Sorry. :)
So, this was our home for almost a week! And what a WONDERFUL time it was. :) I loved every moment. 

They took us to a town on the ocean, called Llandudno, (I'll explain about the name later), and it was beautiful. We climbed this huge mountain that was by the town, called the "Great Orme". :)   Ok, so we didn't climb all of it.. We drove up the mountain, and then walked the rest of the way. :) But it was a spectacular view, nonetheless. From the top of this hill, you had a 260 degree view of the ocean. Ish. :) It was amazing!! I could live up there, I think.. :) 

After the hike, they treated us to a traditional ocean-side meal of  fish and chips and "mushy peas". ..Yeah, they are exactly what the name describes. Mushy peas. It was good, but.. interesting. :) Something you might have to get used to.. :) But the fish and chips were.. AH.. SO good! The fish was HUGE. The picture doesn't really do it justice, but it was very large. Add salt and vinegar, and mmMMmm. You got yourself a MEAL. :) Dilwin was impressed that Anna and I ate all of ours. Haha, like we were going to NOT eat all of it! Apparently, we ate it really fast, too.. :) Must have been hungry..!

After supper, we went for a walk out to the pier, and this is when Dilwin taught us about the Welsh pronounciation and letters. :) The double "l" sound, as in "Llandudno", which you can see written in white stones on the shore in the picture, is very hard to do.. :) Anna described it as "It's like you're sucking in spit, like, under your tongue, but instead of sucking in, you're exhaling." And thats about it. :) Its really fun to try to do. Also, Dilwin told us about this town name that is 58 letters long!!!! And he even pronounced it for us!! It was incredible. This is it: "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch". Seriously.  

..If you can hear it through the wind, this is Anna pronouncing the name, in her fluent Welsh language. Haha, you'll understand. :)

The next morning was our day to leave the glorious Kilford farm. :( But we were going somewhere exciting, so it wasn't totally sad. We were off to visit a friend of mine in Carnforth, England! She is going to school at Capernwray Bible School, and guess where they go to school. Yeah. In a flippin' castle. :) It's called Capernwray Castle, and it is BEAUTIFUL. Lara, my friend, gave us a tour and it was so fun. We got introduced to all her friends, and it felt just like being back in Bible School.. I was missing it very much. ..Except hers is in a castle! Can't get much more epic than that. It was so fun. We hung out with her for the afternoon, and in the evening, around 5:00 pm, we took a train to Edinburgh, Scotland. :) Mmmm.. Scotland. :)

We arrived in Edinburgh, and set off to find our hostel. On the way to find our hostel, we saw so many big, beautiful old churches. This is one such church. But there is one thing that is special about this particular church..

..It was our hostel!!  It was an old church, that was made into a hostel!  How cool is that?  When we found out that this was where we'd be staying, we were SO excited.  It was such a beautiful old building! ..It IS too bad its not actually being used for a church anymore.. but it makes a lovely hostel!

This is the dorm rooms, in the middle of the sanctuary. The only thing that gave away the church was the big stained glass windows and domed roof...

We got into Edinburgh around dusk, so we decided to go for a walk around the neighbourhood before we went to bed.  We found this beautiful walkway, that followed the path of a river, and became completely immersed in the forset...cut off from the outside world!  It was so beautiful!

We headed back to our hostel when it started to get dark, and spent our one and only night in Scotland! It was incredible. The hostel was so cool, with a great mix of people of different nationalities. In the morning, we awoke to a beautiful sunny day. We left our backpacks at the hostel, and went out to explore the city of Edinburgh! Our first stop was this park. Oh, it was beautiful. Also, it had an incredible, unbeatable view of the great Castle of Edinburgh. If you have ever seen a postcard of Scotland, this is the castle that would be pictured on it. This picture does not do it justice, but it is incredibly beautiful. Just google the "Castle of Edinburgh", and you'll see. :) In fact, the park you see in first picture that comes up in Google Images is the one this picture was taken from. Cool, eh? I think so. :)
We lounged here for about an hour, taking in the sun and the view, then moved on the see the rest of the town. We had heard of this free walking tour that our Hostel was advertising, so we headed to the meeting point to hopefully get in on the tour. 

And we made it! This is our lovely tour guide, his name tag said, "Tory", but we found out later that it actually was "Troy". ..Which made a lot more sense. :) He was an Aussie, and so fun!! He really knew his facts, and you could tell how much he loved this city. :) He took us around Old Town Edinburgh, and showed us all the sights, and told us the history. It was so cool!
This is one of our favorite stops on the tour. Do you know what it is? If you guessed a staircase, you would be partially right. It is a cross section of an old-fashioned burglary alarm! If you see the little half step, the third step from the top, thats what they call a "trip step". Wanna guess why? Haha, yup! To trip the burglar when he is running up the stairs, trying to steal all the valuables! :) The people in the house know exactly what step the "trip step" is at, and everyone they invite into the house know exactly where it is. But the burglar does not. I think its brilliant. :) Anna said that she is going to try one of these in her house someday. :) I have a feeling that it would "trip" more than just burglars, though..! If you ever go visit Anna in the future, be careful. :)

About halfway through the tour, we stopped for a break. Troy told us all about this drink that Scotland is famous for. Its called "IrnBru". :) He recommended that all of us try some, and he said that we'd recognize it by its orange glow.. ..I don't know.. does that make YOU want to try it? And its funny, because it actually does glow, due to its high quinine content, It glows flourescent orange when its in the light.  :) Quinine is a drug that is used to fight malaria, as well, so if you are going to Africa, and want to build your immunity, Troy suggests drinking IrnBru. Also, it is the best cure for a hangover! ..according to some people, anyways.. No, we didn't try it for that purpose. :) 

After the tour was done, a bunch of us headed to a pub to try to famed "Haggis, Neeps and Tatties". ("Haggis" being. well, you all know what Haggies is.. (if you don't, go look it up, I'm not going to tell you), "neeps" being turnips, and "tatties" being potatoes.) And it was surprisingly really good!! One of the best things I have ever tasted, really! I look unsure.. but thats before I tasted it. Also, I had to order a Scottish beer as well. ..While in Scotland.. you know. :) 

Anna ordered a chicken breast stuffed with Haggis. She was nervous about it too.. But we both discovered that it is pretty good! The trick is to just not think about what it is you're eating.. :)

I had always dreamed of seeing a bagpiper on the streets of Scotland. ..And every time we were there, all three times, I never saw one!! :( But then literally 10 minutes before we went into the train station to leave Scotland for the last time, we saw a Scottish man in a kilt playing the bagpipes!! SO beautiful, and it was perfect. :) Below is a little video of the bagpiper that made my day. :)

We took hopped on a night train from Edinburgh to London that night. So, we woke up on Thursday morning in London, at about 6:00. :) We did our regular routine of finding the waiting room in the train station and sleeping for a couple more hours. Then, we called Charlotte to find out how to get to her house. Who is Charlotte, you might ask? :) I'll tell you. Do you remember the last time we were in London, and had no place to stay? My Mom called a bunch of people in my hometown of Eastend, Sk, and really lit a fire under lots of people to find out if they knew anyone in London, or the UK in general. We first heard back from a lady named Anne in my town who had a cousin in Wales, and thats how we heard of Lin and Dilwin. But another man, Alan, also said he had friends in London who might host a couple of young, weary travellers. :) So, he called them up, and gave us their email address and we started emailing back and forth. Their names were Jon and Hilary, and they lived just outside of London. They also gave us the email addresses and phone numbers of their two daughters, Charlotte and Alice, who live right in London. We discovered that Charlotte lived closest to the airport (still a good hour away), and so we emailed her to see if there was any possible chance we would be able to stay with her for a couple nights. She was so kind, and really made us feel like she had invited us to stay with her, instead of the other way around..! Thanks, Charlotte. You're a life saver. Well, a money saver, at least, which could turn out to be a life saver. :)
So, she told us how to get to her house, and we made our way there to drop off our big bags. Then we went and explored (part of) the city of London. WOW. I think I would need about a week to see it all! And we had a day. .. Ah, well, thats what happens when you do a "whistle stop" tour of Europe! (as some people we met called it, when we explained it to them) :) But we did end up seeing most of what I had really wanted to see. Such as Big Ben, there. :) It was so surreal to realize that I was actually seeing it. Its huge! So cool.

We walked past Big Ben, to Westminster Abbey. This is the North entry, and it is SO spectacular. The policeman in front makes it looks even more awesome. :) I wish we could have gone inside, but alas, wedding preparations had taken over the church for weeks already!

This is the front of the church, where Prince William and Kate appeared as a married couple the day after this picture was taken. So exciting!

People had camped outside the Abbey for days before we got there. One Canadian lady we talked to said that she had come on Monday to check it out, and people were already starting to set up camp across the street. So, she came the next day, and set up camp along with them.. But she didn't have a tent.. I think she had a blanket and a little stool to see over the crowds if she needed it. By Thursday, when we saw her, people had given her an air mattress and a pillow, and her husband had come from the hotel where he was staying, with a blanket that the owner said she could use! She was definately feeling the kindness of strangers that week! :) So hardcore. :)

We made our way through St. James Park, up to Buckingham Palace. And this is the view from one end of the  river that flows through the park. You see the London Eye? ..it sees you.. :) Haha, we never did go for a ride on it.. Maybe next time, when we have £20 to spare. :) Nah, I don't know how much it was.. but it was more than we could afford, anyways. :)

Buckingham Palace. ..Yup, pretty much says it all. So GRAND.
We wandered around here for a while, soaking in the majestic presence of it all. Then we walked down the Mall, and towards  Trafalgar Square, and checked out where we'd be meeting with Judy, Les and Chloe. We found the spot, and then it was time to head towards London Euston Train Station to meet up with Hannah again! She was going to be joining us in London for the wedding, and I was looking forward to seeing her again! :) It was a long walk up to the station.. So instead of walking..

Yes. We took a red double decker bus. :) And that completed my list of things to do/see in London! I even got to make a phone call from a legit little red London phone booth. Awesome. :)
We found Hannah in the station, and then we all headed back to Charlotte's house. By this time, it was around 4 or 5, and we were already feeling bushed. :) So, Hannah and I went out to buy a few groceries for supper and meals the next day. Anna was really tired, and might have gotten a little bug, just kind of for that evening. :( So, we let her sleep. We all claimed that night to be a chill, hangout night, and settled in to watch a good movie. ..which ended up being Dirty Dancing. I had never seen it, and it was one of Hannah and Charlotte's favorites. :) Shortly after the movie, we all went to bed, excited for the big day tomorrow!! :) FRIDAY. Wedding Day!

We walked the good 30+ blocks to Trafalgar Square, and this is one of the things we saw on the way.. Nope, we didn't entirely understand it either. It was a GIANT wolf made entirely out of straw. Hm. I love taking pictures of things that I don't understand, so I can smile and shake my head at them later. :) This building and wolf is right on the edge of the river, and we are crossing Waterloo Bridge as I took the picture. We were just starting to see signs that a huge party day was under-way in London.. and we were getting close to the action!!! :)

This is us. We got the party fever, thats for sure. :) We are so hardcore!! 

We should have charged money. :) These girls came up as we were doing ours, really hesitantly, asking if we could borrow our face paint when we were done with it. Then, a couple minutes later, they came up again and asked if we could do it for them. :) So we did! It was so fun. They were so cute. I got pretty pro at doing a British flag! :) Its a LOT easier than the Canadian flag, let me tell you. :)

This is us!! From left to right: Judy, Chloe, Me, Anna, Les, and Hannah. :) We had a party!! It was so fun to hang out with them. 

The moment we've all been waiting for.. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Couple..! :) Or, should I say, the Prince and Duchess of Cambridge. :)

YAY!!! :)

From the moment we had our faces painted, so many people came up asking for pictures, and getting interviews for different TV stations, and such. And then a lady came and asked us if we wanted to go up in the booth for an interview..!! ..of COURSE! So, Anna and I got interviewed on LIVE Global TV, from Canada! :) Awesome. 

The camera man, while we were waiting to go on air, he whipped out a little blue digital camera, and said, "..Can I have a picture..?" Sure! Haha, so then I asked him to get one with my camera too. :) It was so fun. We felt so.. VIP. :) They probably were just all thinking that we looked really funny, and apparently picture worthy. :)

The fly-by! One of my favorite parts. :) They were so LOUD. ..And I just wanted to be flying one of them. :)

Then, after a long exciting day of standing on our feet, we went home. This is the apartment where we stayed, with Charlotte and her 3 roomates..! Yeah, it was a little squishy, but not too bad. We kind of took over the front room area. But they were so kind. Thank you SO MUCH, Charlotte!! :)

And tomorrow we go home!!!! YIKES. I can't really fathom that. But it will be so good to get home. But it will be so sad to leave this awesome adventure. Bah. Two completely polar opposite emotions, at the exact same time. Wierd. Well.. next time I write, it will be the last time! Check ya later. :)

Hi, again! So, as always, much as happened since we last wrote. :) Here are a "few" pictures of our adventures!! :)

So, do you remember the pictures of that HUGE Anglican church that was in our last blog..? :) Well, the next morning was a Sunday, and so we went to church in this magnificent church! It was quite an experience. It was huge and epic and the choir and the organ was incredible.. It was also the most solemn Palm Sunday service we have ever been to! In our churches back home, it is a huge celebration, but here it seemed more like a Good Friday service. Interesting. But the choir and organ was INCREDIBLE. I could have stayed and listened to them all day. :) The sound just resonated in that huge space. Awesome.

Down the hill from the cathedral was a huge cemetery, and it was beautiful. So, we spent a few hours wandering around down there. :) It might sound a little creepy, but its actually more like a park, and on beautiful days like this one, there are many people having picnics on the grass, playing football, etc. :)  



After our time in the cemetery/park, we went wandering down near the Albert Dock, down near the water. We came across some huge buildings lined up near the water, all with canadian flags waving proudly on top!  Apparently, this section of town is called the ''Canadian Boulevard''..!  Some good 'ol Canadian pride in the middle of Liverpool...cool!



 So, after we finished our wandering down by the water, we started to head back up to the house. We happened upon this random parade that was just starting up, so we sat at the start of the parade and watched as all the marching bands, accordion bands, beauty princesses and BAG PIPERS (a random mix? I think so!) made their way through the town.  It was pretty cool! There were at least eight different bands, so pretty soon, it was just a huge cacophony of noise held in time by the loud base drums...! 



Later that night, David and Tom (and their friend Jared) took us three to their local pub: ''Peter Kavanaghs''.  It was awesome!  Each room was decorated with different antique...things! One room had old musical instruments hanging from the roof, another had radios... This is the corner booth we all sat in, while soaking up the atmosphere and our apple cider beer!   



The next day, the three of us headed back out to continue exploring the town. We made it to the World Museum, where we spent an hour learning about bugs and Ancient cultures, but, to be perfectly honest, mostly played with the electronic learning games! Then, we headed down to the world famous Cavern, the real deal this time, where a 'cool' John Lennon was waiting for us. Demara (oh sorry, this is Anna writing by the way!) went down into the Pub and listened to a live performer singing some Beatles songs... About as legit as it could have gotten, unless Paul McCartney showed up.

This is one of the many churches in Liverpool, with a unique twist! There is no roof!  They call it the ''Bombed-out Church'' because, obviously, it was bombed! They rebuilt the outside walls after WWII, but for reason, left out the roof.  So, there were plants growing inside the walls and ivy crawling outside...so cool!

This church is the Catholic church!  When David was describing it to us, he said it resembled a space ship...I think he got that ''spot on''!  :)  Definitely the most unique church we have seen yet, and probably the most expensive to run, too - we went inside and read a sign saying it costs over £1000 everyday to keep it running!  (that's 2000 dollars-ish!...yikes!) It also holds Europes largest stained glass window, which is the whole top portion of the church.   

This is taken from the steps of the Catholic church and you can see the top of the Anglican church.  Apparently, there was a competition between the two churches for the tallest tower...I think the anglicans won.  We headed back to the house, exhausted after our last full day in Liverpool.  The next morning, we packed our bags, dropped Hannah off at a hostel and caught the train to London Euston Station.  We chilled in the station for a few hours and then hopped on a night train bound for Inverness, Scotland.

We were told by various people, that there is nothing too eye-catching to see in the town. Well, they were right. :)  There was a castle that D saw later in the day, but mostly we just walked around the town, and ended up here...beside a tiny lighthouse, overlooking the ocean! Just perfect! We chilled at this point and watched the tide come in...it was so fast that it only took about 6 minutes to overtake a huge rock!  We were both in awe. 

This is the view from the lighthouse.  Just beautiful!

After exhausting the sights of Inverness, we decided to take a day trip to a different part of Scotland.  A lady at the train station suggested a small town called Plockton, so that's where we went! Apparently, the train ride from Inverness (the east coast) to Plockton (the west coast) boasts one of the most spectacular landscapes of Scotland...One minute, it was flat and barren, the next we were in a mountain and then we were right beside huge lakes and ocean!  Definitely beautiful! 

The train ride also provided us with many views of sheep! We would look out the window and see one sheep, two sheep, red sheep, blue sheep!  Haha, but actually every kind of terrain held pastures for sheep... I didn't know that they were such versatile creatures...I wonder if sheep would survive in the city...?! 

This is our cute little 'train-that-could'! It was only two cars... :)

We didn't know which way to walk to get to the town, (the station was a few minutes above the town) so we just picked a direction... And here is our little friend who I like to call Moffle-Top...he had curly fur/hair/mane? Obviously I need to catch up on my cow lingo! This was a farm containing chickens, ducks and cows!  Moffle-Top was one of a handful of calves, who were in a pen with a bull...I don't know much about farming, but aren't calves supposed to be with their mothers, not the father?!  Maybe it was a bull-in-training course? ...

Demara and I have been living mostly on bread and jam, so when we saw a sign on the side of the road reading ''Eggs and Homemade Jam'', we knew we had to check it out!  The directions said to go to the red barn door, so we did!  I was expecting a bigger room, with a lady behind a desk and cash register, sitting beside rows of jam and eggs - I guess that's the city girl in me. Instead, this is what we got: a tiny room where two girls and two backpacks can not squeeze into, no lady and no cash register!  In fact, there was just a little box where you put your money after you take your merchandise...total honour system!  So cool! And our jam is just delicious!

After, we continued walking down some random roads and came upon the ocean!  We were really tempted to take a chort cut through this field, to get to it faster, but...that would trespassing, and trespassing is frowned upon in most societies!  haha. So instead, we found a winding, backroad path to the ocean. 

After a long walk over shells, seaweed and mussels (our favourite!), we finally made it to the waters' edge...aka: the North Sea. We were rushed for time because we didn't want to miss our only train back to Inverness.  So, we quickly looked out over the water, snapped a picture or two and rushed back to the station...well, as much as one can ruch with a 35 lb. backpack! 

Stopped to snap a picture of the beautiful Clydesdale horses.  Cool fact: Clydesdale horses were first bred in Clydesdale, Scotland...a mix of local mares and Flemish stallions.  Cool. :)

Also, we stopped to snap a picture of this...A palm tree in northern Scotland...what?  Figure that one out!  We made it on the train and headed back to Inverness, where we caught another night train back to London. 

The next day proved to be a God day!  We arrived at London in the morning, expecting to be able to make a reservation back up to Scotland, hopefully to Edinburgh.  Unfortunately, that day was Londons busiest train day of the year. I guess everyone wanted to travel home for the long weekend...don't blame them for that!  So, we were stranded with no place to stay for the night.  We headed to an internet cafe and made some urgent messages, some of which you all might have seen!  We did also look at hostels, as a last resort, but were hoping that one of our contacts might come through.  It's so much funner (I know, that's not a real word!) to stay with friendly faces and get to know the culture then sleep in a hostel...also cheaper. :) So, instead of spending all day worrying about the night, we decided to give our worries to God and take a day train somewhere around London...we ended up in Cambridge. 

As usual, we had no idea what was waiting for us in the town, so just set out down a street and hoped for a park.  I'd say we found one, and it was lovely!  Spent a few cozy hours in Cambridge, chilling in the sun and catching up on sleep and journalling!  It was the perfect refresher to the mornings worries!  Eventually, we dragged ourselves away and headed back for London.  We decided to check our emails before booking a hostel, just in case something showed up...and it did!  Thank you so much Auntie Linda! - who called a lady (Anne), who called a cousin (Lin), who invited us to stay with her and her husband on their dairy farm in Wales. God truly works through others!  :) So, D and I have been staying in Wales for the past couple of days, and it's been so awesome!

This is the welsh language...try and figure it out!  Totally makes no sense!  :)  Where are the vowels?  Here's a hint: W = an 'oh' sound...so, W is a vowel... :)

The next day was Good Friday (...and Courtney's due date!  We are thinking of you both, Courtney and Mark! ...and Noah!)  Through a random phone call with one of Lin's friends, Penny, we learned of a Good Friday service in town.  It lasted from noon-3, but people could come and go as they pleased, so D, Lin and I all went to the church at 1:30! It was very thought provoking and beautifully done. Just the right kind of Good Friday service...I even shed a few tears! (which isn't a common occuraance for me, but always happens around this time of church season... maybe it's the guilt of condenming Christ... maybe it's the sacrifice he gave for you and me - his life... probably both.) Afterwards, Jenny - who turned out to be the Deacons wife - invited D and I back to her house for coffee.  They are such an awesome couple, full of life and so welcoming!  Then, we decided to walk around the town a bit and, of course, headed for the water!

After wading in the water, we found this awesome rope swing!  I've never swung over a river before and it was so much fun! 

The swing was attached to this huge tree that D climbed!  We could have stayed there for a really long time. Just so peaceful and beautiful and even reminded us of Pine Cree, SK! We loved it. :)

Made it back to Jenny's house...this is the back of it. Isn't it awesome! The front was good, too. :)  We love the brick and open yard and classy-old feeling of it!  Would've lived there in a heartbeat.  In fact, we both really love Wales...I think it's D's favourite place, and definitely makes my top 5 list!



I was exploring the beautiful farm that belongs to our hosts, Lin and Dilwin. I (Demara again.. Anna and I are tag-teaming this entry) LOVE old tree swings.. :) One of my favorite things! I should make a "favorite things" song from this trip.. Hmm.. :)



For supper that evening, Dilwin's sister, Rhian, invited us, along with Lin and Dilwin, for a picnic!! She just bought a camper van, and was so excited to have visitors in it. :) We drove up to a place about half-way up a large hill, then went on a walk up the side of it, to near the top. ..I might even call it a mountain.. Its WAY more of a mountain than anything we have at home, anyways. ..I just looked up a defiantion (wiki..) of a "mountain", just for fun. And it said "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable." ..Yup. It lost me, too. :) But I would say that this large landform is a mountain. It is large and steep. :) And that is my diagnosis. :)

Anna and I with our sheep on our mountain. "Yodel-ay-hee-HOO!!!" :)

Our group. :) from right to left: Lin, Rhian, Anna :), and Dilwin. They are LOVELY people!! I would stay here forever if I could. ..No, not really, Mom and Dad and other family-and-friends-who-I-miss-so-much. :) But it IS so beautiful, and the people are wonderful. :) 

After our lovely hike in the mountains, we came back down for a "picnic" in Rhian's big, blue camper va. It was so fun!!! nd quite squishy with 5 of us in there. I think it can normally barely fit 2 or 3. :) But it was great. We didn't mind! ..But I totally forgot to take a picture!!! Darn. You'll just have to use your imagination. :)
But this sticker was on the back of Lin and Dilwin's vehicle!! YAY for farmers!! :) And its even better, because of the 'Alta' at the bottom. :) We thought it stood for Alberta, and were very curious why he would have an Alberta sticker on his bumper.. And he told us what it actually stood for, but I forget. :)
But anyways, Dad, this one is for you! Thank you!  (It told me to thank a farmer, so here I am.. Thanks!)

Early (ish) the next morning, I went for a walk around the farm, and I found their cows! ..Or some of them, anyways. :) It is such a great farm. I love it. :) They have 350 Holsteins!! And those are only counting the ones that they milk.. They have more heifers and calves. So cool. There are SO MANY. :)

Later during the day, Lin took us to Dinbigh Castle, about 10 minutes away. You can see it standing proudly and nobly on the top of the hill not far from their farm. :) It was so fun to explore. We could only go so far into it, because it cost a small fee... And we don't do fees. :) But we got a bit of a tour from a volunteer tour guide who was not busy at the moment, and so gave us a mini-tour., for free! It is a very cool castle, and in great condition. ..This picture shows the most degraded part... This was on the way up to the castle, and I was so preoccuied once we met up with the tour guide, I completely forgot to take a picture of the epic-ness of the front view. Oops. :)

Right after exploring the castle, we went with Lin to her son, David's farm. He lives here with his girlfriend, Rachael, but they were gone this weekend visiting Rachael's family. Rachael had asked Lin to water her plants while she was away, because it has been pretty dry here, which is REALLY unusual. (Apparently, no one is getting what they want, temperature-wise, this spring..)  Anyways, she was scared of her new plants dying. :) So we went up to their place way up on the side of the mountain/hill, to their farm.. WOW. So beautiful! My new favorite place! :) Anna and I explored the farm and hillside while Lin watered the plants, and it was incredible. :) SO beautiful.

That evening, Lin drove us to the Rhyl train station, because we were going to catch the train to Liverpool to visit our new friends, David, Tom and Erica! :) It was about an hour to Liverpool, and so we made it into town at about 9:45 pm. David and Erica are in a band called "Seven Suns", (check them out on Facebook!) and they were playing at a nightclub/pub called "Bad Format" :) at 10:15, so we went there to watch them! It was so fun. :) We were their biggest fans!! :) After the show, we helped them pack up, as much as we could without getting in the way.. The stuff completely filled a car and a van. Then drove home with them, stopping to unload some of the equipment at Giles and Terry's house. :) From right to left: Giles, from Liverpool, on the electric. A sweet guy..! Really fun. ..but a crazy driver!! They 'raced' home, and Anna, Tom, Erica and I were with Giles in his car, and we were all terrified. Well, except Tom. He got into the race, of course. He's a guy. :) We went a different route than the van, and both vehicles reached the turn into their house at the same time.. And Giles did the responsible thing and pulled back, saving our lives. :) Haha, Tom thought he was a chicken, but he saved us from getting into an accident, for sure! It was fun. :) Next in the picture is David, from Edmonton, Alberta. Yeah! He is their drummer, and, from the humble opinion of a fellow drummer, he is SO GOOD. :) I was very impressed. I think a band is so much better when their drummer is really good. And he is. :) Next, Erica, also from Edmonton, Ab. She is so cute. And a great singer! Unfortunately, she was just getting over a cold, and at one point during the performance, she lost her voice.. So, that was too bad. But she was able to finish the show, so that was good. :) Last, but not least, is Terry, I think he's from Liverpool... He was on bass. ..Yup. Didn't get to talk to him much, so I really know next to nothing about him. :) He is fast driver, as well, I'm pretty sure. :)
Overall, I recommend the "Seven Suns", and I think everyone should buy their stuff on iTunes! :) Support them, they are awesome. (Sorry for the little plug there.. actually, no I'm not. Check them out!) :)

The next morning, we went to Erica and Tom's church, called Frontline Center. Its a non-denominational church, and it was incredible! We were able to meet up with Hannah again, too, who has been staying at a hostel in Liverpool while searching for a job working in a hostel anywhere in England. So, she came with us to church! Such a stark contrast from the church we went to last Sunday..! :) But it was awesome. I want to go back. :) If I am ever in Liverpool on a Sunday again.. :) It was Easter service, as well, of course, and it was just such a celebration, and the lady who spoke was REALLY good, and got me thinking. :) It was a great Easter Sunday service.

After church, Erica, Tom, Hannah, Anna and I went out for lunch. Anna and I never go out for a nice, sit-down meal, but we figured we could treat ourselves to a nice, Easter meal. So, we went to a beautiful French restaurant, that was a favorite of Erica and Tom's. You can get a 3-course meal for a set rate of £8.75! So good.  There were five 1st course options, five 2nd course options, and then maybe 6 desserts we could choose from.. Ah.... SO GOOD. And we were FULL after. :) After lunch, we went to the cemetery again to play some frisbee. If you look really hard, you can spot the fisbee in the picture..! Its green. Good luck. :)
At about 5:00 pm, we decided that we might need to get going... :( Sad, though! We could have hung out with that group for a lot longer. :) So fun. We all really felt like having a BBQ, but.. alas. None of us had access to one. :) And we didn't have time. We didn't want to get back to the farm too late. :) We called Lin when we were about to leave with the time that we'd get in, and then said goodbye to Hannah, Erica, Tom and David. :( Tom and Erica are actually hoping to move to Edmonton, because Erica knows people from there. They have been looking for a job in the UK, but to no avail.. So, Tom will be introduced to Canadian living!! I'm excited for him. Because its AWESOME. :)

And we are getting kind of excited to return to Canada. :) Its wierd to think that its kind of soon..!! 6 DAYS! Woah. But it will also be sad to finish this incredible adventure we have been on for the past couple months. .. ..But its not over yet!! Lots of adventures to be had. :)
We returned to Ruthin, to Lin and Dilwin's farm, after hanging out with our friends in Liverpool, and spent another night, our 2nd last night, in this beautiful house on this beautiful farm. :) And now it is Monday. Ah! We leave on Saturday. Ah! :)
 We are going to take a drive to the sea this afternoon. Because we are so close to it! And its a beautiful day. We will write more later! God Bless you all. :)