Chester served
                          as a base for our day trip to Wales and Conwy
                          Castle! 
                       
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                    Downtown Chester. 
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                    Our "cozy" hostel. 
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                    There was a cool patio area - which was perfect for
                    nerds! 
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                    And a pub across the street! 
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                    Chester also has the remains of a Roman
                    amphitheater. 
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                    But the main attraction was across the border in
                    Wales - what everyone agreed was the coolest, most
                    castle-like castle they'd ever seen! 
                     
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                    Our first sight walking up to the town
                    walls...LATRINES! 
                     
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                    That didn't stop some of us from running up and
                    "hugging" one of the towers! 
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                    We explored every inch of the castle!  In fact,
                    some of us visited it TWICE that day! 
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                    A view of the interior of the castle from one of the
                    towers. 
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                    A bunch of us climbed to the top of one of the
                    highest towers!   
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                    We LOVED every second of it! 
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                    In fact, unlike at Stonehenge, nothing at Conwy was
                    fenced off.  There were simply warning signs
                    everywhere. 
                     
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                    They let us explore wherever we wanted! 
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                    We just had to mind our head! 
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                    And our butts! 
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                      Especially our butts!
                      
                     
                     
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                    But those warning signs didn't stop us from getting
                    some great pictures!  Like the various bridges
                    crossing the river. 
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                      And they didn't stop us from a bit of hijinks!
                      
                     
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                    And murder-hole mayhem! 
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                    And fireplace lurking?!? 
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                    We also walked the glorious town walls! 
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                    And we ate lunch at one of the best fish and chip
                    shops in the world! 
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                    We also walked around on the quay by the river. 
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                    And we even found the smallest house in Great
                    Britain! 
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