Mumbles

Went to the Mumbles Friday. Now don't ask me how it got its name. Rachel & Denise (from England) decided that when you say it in Welsh (don't ask 'cause I don't know) then it sounds like someone mumbling. Now how much truth is in that, I have no clue! But anyway, Rachel (MA in History), Denise (MA in Translation), Thomas (from Germany, MA in History I think), Michelle, & I headed off on our 4.4km walk to the Mumbles.

Now the Mumbles is actually very gorgeous - much prettier than Swansea, but we would never tell that to a native! My favorite part of the Mumbles is the lighthouse at the end of the little spit. Oh yeah ... & Verdi's, the Italian restaurant that serves DELICIOUS ice cream. (I would know because I had the choclate & marshmallow creme sundae with hot chocolate. Yes, very tasty despite the small miniscule dent in the pocketbook.) To give you an idea of what Mumbles looks like, I took some photos.



Now, remember I am sitting down on the bench with Michelle 'cause my feet hurt from walking.

Here is what Swansea looks like from the Mumbles.



And this is looking out from the Mumbles at the boats. I was jealous 'cause they were on the water & I was not!













So yes, that was our exciting trip to the Mumbles. And you had better believe that we took the bus back to campus!

Sunday I went to an Anglican Church. Alice, from French housemate, sings in the choir there, so Michelle & I went along, thinking it was a Catholic Church & of course to support Alice. Well, we met an archeology professor in the Classics department. David was super nice & his wife Caroline was a pleasure as well. They actually gave us a ride to the university so we wouldn't have to walk! We insisted we could cut through Singleton Park if they just gave us directions, but they were more than pleased to give us a lift. And if we had wanted to come back to Hendrefoelan, another parishionner offered us a ride. And we met a lady who was 100-years-old & she looked like she was in her late 70s! It's crazy! Oh, AND the parrish gave us food! It was fabulous & now I feel bad because I don't plan on going back there since they aren't Catholic. Though I guess I could 'cause Anglican is Catholic with divorce. :-)

Nothing exciting planned this weekend. Freddy's birthday is Oct. 21, so maybe we'll do something for him. Or Michelle & I talked about getting everyone together to go to dinner & that's really cheap pizza buffet place & then go to a movie ... or maybe we'll go eat Mexican 'cause we found a really tasty looking Mexican restaurant in town & we've been craving some tacos! We'll see ... who knows!!