Barry Island and London - May 28 - Day 13

On my last day in Wales, we got some traditional Welsh weather.  It was cold, it was rainy, and it was generally not nice out.  So to celebrate, we went to the beach!  We headed out to Barry Island (which is not actually an island) on the train from Cardiff Central (instead of Cathays, which meant more walking, but generally better train services).  

Upon arrival at the beach, we discovered there was no one there (this was largely due to the nice Welsh weather).  However, it was a very lovely beach, with a nice cliff/wall/something overlooking it. 

(This guy was the only guy in the water since the weather sucked so much.)

It was very windy at the top. 

Also, there were rocks.  Heather decided that sedimentary rocks look pretty, but they're really not that exciting most of the time (aside from their nice looks). 

In the afternoon, we headed to London and visited St James' Park.  It was full of ducks, and also people. 

We also made a brief stop at Buckingham Palace and an even briefer stop at the parliament buildings.  Someone was protesting in a TARDIS, which of course caught Heather's eye (apparently Doctor Who is super interesting.  Who knew?).  

Post London, we took the train back up to Oxford and the bus back to Eynsham where we would be spending the rest of our vacation.  We were staying at Helen's house now, which is EVEN CLOSER to the bus stop than Helen's granny's house.  

(This is where Helen lives.  She's moving soon.)