The Tea Time
01/05/2013 14:05
The "tea time" is a great tradition in England but also in Wales. My roommates have the habit every Sunday afternoon at 16h to meet for this occasion. One of them makes tea, the other takes care of buying cakes or scones. And when they have time they make some pastries. They meet in general with...
Sandstone Brewery
01/05/2013 14:03
In Wales, the beer (alcoholic beverage from 4 to 7°C / V) is highly appreciated by people and tourists. For Welsh people it is part of their diet and can even completely replace the water. When you go in a pub to watch rugby match for example, everyone have a beer in the hand. We decided to find...
Crusaders Rugby Club
01/05/2013 14:01
Rugby is a sport that could be described as the national sport in Wales, as it is the most popular. Indeed, most of the people and in particular young people like to play this sport in clubs.
In Wrexham there is a rugby club: Wrexham Rugby Union Football Club. This has about 250 members. There are...
The Bara Brith
01/05/2013 13:57
The Bara Brith is a cake which is eaten traditionally on St David’s Day and on Christmas Day and also during the “tea time”. It is a kind of cake enriched with dried fruit, especially raisins or currants and candied fruit Peel. This is because fruit dotting the dough we call bread "speckled". There...
Pancakes Party by Marine and Solene
23/04/2013 12:58
Hello everybody, today we will try to make some pancakes.
So to make welsh pancakes for 10 guests you need to
500 g of flour
60 g of sugar
4 eggs
2 bag of traditional yeast
130 g of butter melted
1 pinch of salt
60 cl of milk
Put the flour, yeast and sugar in a bowl. Then add the...
Who said that gluttony is a bad thing? by Solene
21/04/2013 18:14
In Britain, I discovered some stores that we haven’t in France. At Chester there is a store “The old sweet shop”, where you can buy different sweets, chocolate or gums. The shelves are filled with some sweets jars and chocolate boxes. There are some multi-colour sweets and you can find every forms,...
A nice day in Caernarfon by Solene
16/04/2013 16:23
Today we decided to go to Caernarfon. To do that, you should take a train from Wrexham to Bangor. The ticket one-return costs £17.45 (with the railcard) and next you should take a bus to Caernarfon. The bus costs £2.80 (for student).
We bought one ticket to visit the Caernarfon Castle which cost...
The final of 6 Nations championship at the Golden Lions by Marine
11/04/2013 15:14
The 6 nation’s championship is a rugby competition which was created in 1971. Teams from 6 different countries (England, Italy, France, Scotland, Ireland and Wales) are confronting during rugby matches.
During the 2013 championship the French team was considered as the favorite. However, French...
The city of Llandudno by Marine
05/04/2013 18:10
Llandudno is Wales's largest resort, located to the north coast of Wales. Llandudno lies on a flat isthmus of sand between the Welsh mainland and the Great Orme peninsula. There is 20, 090 inhabitants. I went in Llandudno the same day when I went to Colwyn.
City map
This city has an exceptional...
A day in Cardiff by Solene
03/04/2013 10:11
Last Tuesday, we visited Cardiff. The train for Cardiff costs £17 for an open return, we chose to leave early to have the time to visit all we wanted to in this city, which is the capital of Wales. We took a train at 7.30 a.m. and we left to Wrexham at 6.20 p.m.
During this day, we visited in first...
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