What's the Cure for Wanderlust?

This post is long overdue, but better late than never, right?

I may have mentioned this in previous posts, but I'm lucky enough to have one of my best friends from high school (all the way in Texas, y'all!) studying abroad in London this semester also, so instead of going to Dublin like I had planned, we decided to take a day trip to Wales on March 16th! We've discussed Wales in class a few times, but other than that and the late Princess Diana, I've never really thought about Wales so it seemed like it would be a nice trip to take.

We took Megabus Gold (it's like regular Megabus, but they charge more because they serve water and snacks and it's fancy and red) from Victoria Coach Station to Cardiff around 7 am, and we got there around 10 am. Cardiff has a very small town vibe, and as it was a Sunday, there were a lot of families out and about shopping. We visited Cardiff Castle, and went to a few museums, but it was really just a relaxing day. We walked all around Cardiff listening to the Welsh (what a strange language!) and seeing how the locals lived. There wasn't too much to do, actually, and we ended up heading back to London around 8 pm.

Even though there wasn't too much to do in London, I still loved visiting Wales and it made me really want to plan a trip to Scotland and Ireland. Before I got to London, I didn't really have a clear idea of the divide between the United Kingdom and Britain, and even still, when I thought of either of them I primarily thought of London.

FYI: The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Great Britain consists of only England, Wales, and Scotland. In September, the people of Scotland are voting on their independence, which (if passed) will remove them from the United Kingdom, which they have been a part of since 1707.