travel diaries: weekend in wales

the wedding

the purpose of our road trip was to attend the wedding of my husband's cousin. the destination was a small town outside of swansea. this was my first wedding in the uk, and i was excited to meet more of my mother-in-law's side of the family that includes irish, english and now some welsh family members.  

my husband posing with his two favorite ladies, me and his mum. and lets talk about how handsome he looks in a suit.

the happy couple, helen and kieran!

our adorbs place cards!

barry island

on our way home we stopped by barry island, which regained fame thanks to a popular television series here in the uk, gavin and stacey. think kitschy seaside town past its prime. my husband, also named barry, turned me onto the tv program while we still lived in the states. its available on netflix, and i highly recommend it, the writing and acting are, to use a british phrase, spot on.

okay, so the lighting is poor, but we're BOTH smiling people!

for gavin and stacey fan's you'll remember this as nessa's workplace. if you think this photo-op is cheesy, we spotted an entire tour group dedicated to gavin and stacey, including a cardboard cut out of the couple for photo-ops. we're dedicated fans, but not THAT dedicated.

 for gavin and stacey fans, you'll recognize this bus (or coach). believe it or not i was not the only one taking pictures.

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