This last weekend I went to Wales with a group from my work visa. It was arranged through them, so it was nice to not have to organize anything or look into anything. I went by myself and it was a little strange when I got there it was pretty clique. I meet a couple nice girls though that I hung out with so that was good. We stooped in a few different cities. The first one we went to has a bridge that is part England and part Wales. That is the picture of me on the bridge. From there we went to a town that has an old abby that was taken apart when Henry VIII changed from Catholic to Church of England. In the hills there is an old church that was burnt down in the woods. It was pretty amazing because the woods around it have started to grow with in it. The views from there were also amazing. At our third stop the town was called Hay on Way and has over 35 used book shops. There was one that had every book for one pound. It was pretty rad, some how I only got three books. My favorite though was this bookshop in a courtyard that was full of bookshelves full of books. You just left your money in a box. It was amazing! But sadly the books were al really wet and kind of falling a part because they were just outside the whole time. The hostel we stayed at was nice and I was in a room with 7 other girls. They were all pretty nice and normal, unlike some of the girls who seemed like they were still very much in middle school.
The next morning we went horse riding. Because its me I got the largest horse in the stable. I always get the horse that does not move, or wont stop eating. So it was fitting that I had the largest horse. Its because I was the tallest girl, but it was crazy. Some of the girls seemed like they were on ponies, my horse could walk over them. It was an English saddle which was strange it was raining so much and at one point it was hailing. The ride was pretty great around the area but it was raining the whole time. We were on paths for a while that had really low branches and since I was on the huge horse I had to lean back in the saddle so that I would not get hit by a branch. At one point a girl in the groups horse ran and she could not stop it. It was funny but she got so freaked out that she demanded to be taken of the horse and walked back to the stable. We found out later that it there had been gale force winds they did not even think we would be able to cross the bridge back into England . So we had been riding for three hours in gale force winds and hale. We got back to london at about 9 and then I went back to my flat. I worked today at the Catholic school that I have been at for a couple days last week. It is so nice to know where I am going and some of the people. I have one weekend before I go home for Dennis and Tessa's wedding and Thanksgiving. I might stay in London and a friend from Manchester might come down or we might go to Dublin. I hope everyone is well and doing well! Let me know what is happening with all of you, I hope everything is going well.
Love lots Ang
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