Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Wales, England, Scotland Days 16 & 17: Training Across Great Britain

It was an uneventful trip the next day to take two trains from Swansea, Wales to Birmingham, England. We needed to get up to Scotland for our flight home and it was just too long of a travel day to do it all in one go. The crowds certainly grew as we headed into England. This would make for our third out of four United Kingdom countries on this trip and Adventure Girl's 15th country overall (yes, we're counting them each separately...happy to have a conversation about it). :)

Arriving in Birmingham was a little nutso. We had to push our way through people trying to crowd ON to the train as we were attempting to get off with our huge backpacks and smaller accompanying bags. It did not leave for the best first impression of England. I'd call the train station the equivalent size of a small airport but it's got way more and better food options than a small airport!


We arrived at our lovely Air BnB in St Paul's Square to be greeted by a festival. Live music was blasting from the stage set up in front of the church and market stalls lined the pathway. They had all cleared off by 7:30 pm so we were all for it! 

We planned to get Indian takeout and sit in the park enjoying the music but the rain moved in and when we arrived at the restaurant to get our food, the place looked so nice and it was completely empty so we decided to eat inside and stay dry. It lived up to Birmingham's foodie reputation!



In the morning, we went back to Birmingham New Street and continued on to Edinburgh. Are we carrying too much stuff? Nah!


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