Wonderful. Someday over a few pints I'll tell the story of our first visit
to Iona Abbey.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yesterday morning I said goodbye to my daughter at the hospital in
> Bodelwyddan, on the north coast of Wales, where she will be the next 3
> months, doing an internship. My flight home from Liverpool was in the
> evening, so I drove west, all the way along the north coast and across
> Anglesey, ending up in Holyhead. As I was walking around the town, I
> happened on this church, apparently founded by St Cybi, cousin of the
> patron saint of Wales, St David. There has been a church here since the 6th
> century, although of course the current structure is much more recent:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MHdjgCv/A
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> I went inside:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QMndwGN/A
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> There were some interesting details:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TVLD79r/A
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> But as so often happens when travelling, it is meeting the people that
> makes a place special. These two volunteers (stewards, they call
> themselves), show people around and explain various features of the church.
> They were with someone else when I came in, so I just looked around on my
> own (which I prefer anyway). But as I was leaving, they approached me and
> apologised for not being available, and asked where I was from—a simple
> question, the answer to which is complicated in my case…So we had a nice
> chat and at the end I got them to pose for me:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cp8HGCP/A
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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