Day 6 - December 1 - Wolfscastle and Milford Haven

9:00 am - We had breakfast here at Wolfscastle. Then John went to work and I bathed and straightened up.

11:00 am - I went downstairs to have a "quiet time" while the ladies cleaned the room. Of course, it's hard to have "quiet" when there is so much bustling with people coming and going. It is dark outside and chilly inside because they have a window open.

2:00 pm - The beauty here is so fascinating. If only I could capture it and take it home. It truly takes your breath away. I am in my element now -- in our room with a pot of Earl Grey tea and scenery that is unbelievable just a peek out the window. John is at work and I am basking in the creation of the God who calls me his child and let me enjoy this gift. The paintings in the room are phenomenal. If Alvin could see them he would want to paint them all. By the way, I had lunch alone in the bar and forgot to leave a tip. The waitress had been very helpful with trying to accomodate my low sodium diet, I went back and gave her a tip and apologized for my rudeness, "my husband usually takes care of things like that, so..."

All afternoon it was too windy and rainy to venture outside. I had a pleasant afternoon reading. I was going to cross-stitch but my needle is in one of our bags back at St Albans.

5:30 pm - John and I went down to the bar for cup of coffee until time to meet everyone to go out to dinner.

6:30 pm - We all went into Haverfordwest and found an Indian restaurant -- had delicious food that we don't find much of in the US. We had shish kabobs and some type of crispy bread with dipping sauces as a starter and I had a main course called Kumra which was a dish made with mutton, yogurt, cream and spices served with seasoned rice and flatbread. John had a mixed grill (sort of an Indian stir fry) of chicken, lamb and shrimp with salad, seasoned rice and flatbread. Zara cried a lot so the Bajwa's left ahead of us, then after Chis paid the bill we hiked up a steep hill to the car -- puff, puff, puff!

The streets are all narrow and winding and as we zip around hairpin turns we "hang on for our lives."

8:30 pm - Came back to the hotel and had coffee in the bar. We found out that the bartender is from near Tyler, Texas. He had noticed we were Americans and came over to talk to us. This far from home, we met "neighbors." We settled in for the night and John spent some time preparing to update the online diary and read The Times to unwind before bed.

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