Sunday, August 4, 2013 @ 5:47 PM in 2013 Europe
Day 39
Today was a rather uneventful day. From the time I woke up until now (almost 6pm), it's been raining almost non stop. There have been a few spurts of maybe an hour combined all day where the rain has let off.
I was originally planning on heading down to do some exploring around the Cardiff Bay, but the rain changed those plans. My next choice was the National Museum since it's free and it would be indoors the whole time, but I never got a chance to get there without getting drenched.
Instead, I spent an hour or so this afternoon trying to figure out my next plan of attack. I was researching hostels up in the Brecon Beacons National Park but all of them were either in the middle of nowhere or they had spotty availability. Not good. I overheard the girl working reception say that she was planning on going up to Brecon Beacons after work today but had to nix that due to the rain. That got me thinking... maybe I can hop on a bus from Cardiff and get there and make a few day trips out of it.
Sure enough, there are several buses that run each day that run round trips through the park to and from Cardiff. That was enough to sell me. I didn't really like how this hostel doesn't have a full kitchen, so I found another one down the street that has a kitchen and more of a lounge area that isn't an active bar and booked it for a full week (7 nights for the cost of 5, wohoo!).
Tomorrow I'll check out of the Bunkhouse Hostel and head over to the NosDa Hostel where I'll spend the next 7 nights. The weather is also supposed to clear up so I'll do several day trips up to the Beacons for some hiking on various summits. It also helps satisfy my earlier desire to stay in one spot for a while. I still might head back to Bristol after my stay here, but who knows. Maybe by then I'll have talked to some other people who gave me some info on somewhere better to go.
I don't really feel like drinking again tonight but I'll probably go down and order a drink and chill in the bar/pub/hostel lounge for a while since I don't want to venture out into the rain and don't feel like going to bed at 6pm.
Tags: daily journal, wales, cardiff
Posted from: Wales