Helo Wales! 5: Caernarfon

We left Llandudno early morning and drove down coast roads for a small port town, Caernarfon to visit Caernarfon Castle. Like Conwy Castle, the castle was part of Edward I's iron ring. We arrived at the town before 8am. It was so early to visit the castle. We walked around the town to find a place for breakfast. Most of the cafes and restaurants there apparently open at 9am. Luckily we found a little cafe already open and got hot tea (for me)/coffee (for J), which made our hands and tummies warm and comfy while we explored the town. 

The heart of the small town was clearly the castle that was built between between 1283 and 1330, designed to be not only as a military stronghold but also as a seat of government and royal palace while the medieval town walls with eight towers and two twin-towered gateways built around the town between 1283 and 1285 was neat. 

It was 9am! We jumped into a restaurant called Wal (Wall in Wales) on Palace Street and ordered breakfast. I had simple scrambled eggs on toast with baked beans. J had full Welsh. The sausages were "award winning pork and leek sausage" which I was curious about. J kindly gave me a sausage so that I could taste it. It was pretty good.

It was 9:30am! Time for the castle finally.

As we did at Conwy Castle, we climbed up narrow and dark spiral stone staircases to the top of some of the towers. Two of the castle's towers house the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum that tells the story of over 300 years of service by Wales' oldest infantry regiment around the world.

To be continued...