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Caernarfon, Gaelic Wales
Wales, that small country next to England. I couldn't see it all, but seeing the North Shore is a small wonder. The route took me through castles, small coastal towns and castles up to Caernarfon. I liked to see the signs were written in Gaelic, though I don't know if the English will love that little detail. We could not see much of the city. It was cold and it was windy ... but I liked walking through the streets up to the castle, a stunning gray mass that rises along the river and you cannot look away. We crossed a small bridge to view the other side of the river, to give us some perspective.
Probably if the castle didn't exist, few people would visit the city, but most people don't know that the castle was built to subjugate the people of Wales in the time of Edward I of England. Yet it is worth going to see it and compare the English with the Welsh environment.
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