Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, UK 2010

I've been idle from blogging for quite some time. If you're following my tumblr, you probably already know why. Your curious little Kat is currently expecting! We're due on Feburuary next year so I've been spending most of my time nursing myself while the hormones are raging mad. I'll be posting or rather reposting old photos from time to time to keep this blog running. So yeah, thanks for holding on.

    

Hello! Didn't go home for All Soul's Day to save on boat fare and I'm not sure if CJ's do something during undas. Anyway, here are photos from Cambridge American Cemetery from last year. It was located on a hill overlooking the rest of Cambridge up to Ely. Duxford had a big role during the war for war planes in England where mostly (if not all) stationed there. In a wall was a list of all the soldiers that died and who's remains were in the cemetery and man, it took almost 5 sections to fill it. Some of the bodies weren't even recovered but were given memorial graves instead.

I can't believe that I forgot about this. Westminster Abbey is one of the many historical landmarks in London. The abbey served as a coronation church and final resting place for most of the royalties (specifically, 17 monarchs). It was sort of freaky walking inside knowing that people are buried beneath the marble floor or on the walls and such. It's like a museum of the dead - no offense meant. But other than it being a tomb of historically significant people, the church houses priceless paintings, sculptures, textiles and other artifacts. I was easily amazed with it, physically. I love old and historical buildings. The moment I stepped inside, I couldn't help myself but imagine how the place looked like centuries ago. From being a sacred shelter to what it is now. I think there's a big difference but I'm very thankful that they've preserved almost every bit of it for the younger generations - mine included - to see.

and being my curious self, I took a few photos in the room. 

Took photos of Amber while watching X Factor. I hate how the lights at home tint the photos red - especially in my room. :(

This is Amber, a 4-months-old female Cocker Spaniel. She loves to run around the garden and sleep on my lap. Yes, she sleeps a lot. She's such a darling and so far, haven't done anything to upset us. :)

She loves hanging around our sun room. She would sleep on the carpet the whole day. But of course, we couldn't just let her do that. 

We were blessed with a good sunny weather on our second day so we geared up for Snowdonia National Park where the ever famous Snowdon is. It is the highest mountain in Wales and the second in United Kingdom next to that in Scotland.

We past by this beautiful river on our way to Snowdon Railway.

Since it was a good sunny morning in Wales, the railway up to Snowdon was so popular that all the trips for that day were fully booked. A trains goes up and down the mountain every 30 minutes carrying around 50 tourists per trip. Good thing we had our ticket reservations a day before. :)