Barry - Wales

Hi Guys!

Have any of you guys ever been to Wales? It may be quite small but it is very beautiful! I got the chance to visit in the summer and I really loved it! I mostly stayed around the area between Cardiff and Swansea and there was a very pretty town called Barry.

You may recognise it if you are from the UK and ever watched the TV series 'Gavin and Stacey'. A remake was aired in the US and was called 'Us and Them' but it didn't feature Wales so you probably won't have seen any of the locations before.

I decided to do this post to show you guys, if you've never been there before, what Barry is like and some of the cool places there!

Along the front is a really cute line of fish and chip shops, arcades and souvenir shops. One of the arcades is home to the booth that Nessa runs in one of the episodes of 'Gavin and Stacey' and there is a sign that states this outside on the entrance sign.

(Nessa's prize booth)

 There is also a really nice little fish and chip shop called O'sheas. We visited a couple of times and the food was amazing! The portions of chips can be quite big so, unless you're going to be sharing, it may be a good idea to order a small portion! Also, the chips with gravy are the best! You wouldn't expect it to taste great (as it is slightly unappealing to look at) but it does! They also have some pretty awesome photos up inside of different eras of Barry beach and also some of the filming of 'Gavin and Stacey'!

We managed to find the actual house that 'Gavin and Stacey' was filmed in after some thorough searching! It is Gwen (Stacey's Mother's) house and it has a sign up outside. The sign says that people are welcome to come and visit the house and that they can take pictures but for people to not stop to take photos and make a huge fuss over it. We stayed in the car but it cool to see where filming had happened.

There were also other places you could visit like the pleasure park! It is such a cool place but we didn't really like many of the rides so we rode the Bumper Cars multiple times! It was so fun but I recommend that you don't put your knees directly next to the center console as you end up with huge bruises! It was such a great experience though!

There was also a cool mini-golf course which we attempted! it was a pirate themed one and it was so fun as the holes were not too difficult but still hard enough for you to have to think about it! There was a spectacular moment where I hit the ball in a random direction and it bounced off of a wall and straight into the hole! It was great since, usually, I am rubbish at mini-golf!

Further along the front there was also a few other huts and things that sold anything from Welsh Cakes and key-rings to spades and buckets shaped like castles!

This little hut was home to a little cafe that did the best hot chocolates! (yes, it was cold enough for us to need hot chocolate, even though it was August!) So if you are in town I definitely recommend stopping there for some beverages!

My favourite part, by far, was the beach! It was so pretty and I absolutely loved walking along the beach with my family! There are rocks at each end that were such fun to climb and find tiny shells and crabs! The formations that the rocks made looked like the huge versions but of course they were a lot smaller!

I hope this post has been interesting and that it has made you want to visit Barry (even just a little!) I certainly loved it and I hope you will too!

Until next time

Grace

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