Are you alright?

You are all probably wondering just that... "are we alright," since we haven't posted since last Tuesday! I know, we apologize; but the point of today's title is actually to announce another "instead of." Here is goes: Instead of "how are you?" they say "are you alright?" Now E and I know that when everyone asked us if we were alright on our first day here, as we wandered aimlessly around town,  they were actually just asking how we were doing; it wasn't because we looked completely distressed.

Last week, the weather was rubbish! The sun peaked out of the clouds on Valentine's Day - so everyone got a good dose of vitamin D for the "Love-ly" day ;) We admit - since we couldn't find a reservation at any restaurant around town for the life of us, we made a good shopping trip to TESCO (which lasted longer than planned... so we skipped out on class that day ;) Promise we won't make it a regular thing mom and dad), and made a delicious Valentine's Day dinner... Portobello Mushroom Pizza! Sara got herself some yummy drink and I, of coarse, had my trusty Diet Coke for out toast. 

We finally hit the town with our German friend, Dorothee, on Friday night. Starting our pub experience at The Potter's Wheel, we got to sit down and chat for a bit while sipping yummy drinks. We then went over to Wind Street (pronounced "wine"). This is the place that is supposedly wicked crazy on Wednesday nights... cheap drinks for all students. Bars and Clubs are EVERYWHERE. It scares me to think about the Wednesday crowd after seeing the parties on just a Friday night. We went to a Beach-themed that Dorothee has been wanting to try. There was fun music - so loud that all three of us were glad to have done most of our talking at The Potter's Wheel - and a dance floor for all who dared. To make it even better, you could say that every individual in that bar had a good 5-10 years on our little trio. So we basically partied with the oldies on Friday, but it was fun!

This Sunday we finally made it to church - for D, so thanks E for coming with me. The six mile excursion there and back made our Sunday brunch very rewarding... however the sun was out and so there is nothing to complain about. E's crepes were delicious, and we both learned what a "Jacket-Potato" was when they served me my meal. To future tourist's to Swansea, visit The Crepe Vine, you won't regret it.   

And just a few pics from the week:

Swansea City Centre Big Screen... "Watch Live Sports Here!"

And we just couldn't exclude capel "GOMER" ;)

Wind Street from the top

Swansea Castle, what a sight ;) (it's under renovation)

So on to a new week, and a good one at that. The Sara's adventured out to Mumbles this morning to run a coastal trail we came across a few weeks ago. What a sight. AWESOME views... literally. And the perfect weather made it that much better. We will be going back for a picnic; so although missing my camera today, the pictures will come in due time when we return for Sunday brunch. We have quite the week planned, so stay tuned!

- d