Wales, day 14

     Whoo hoo! We to sleep in!  And there was an awesome breakfast! Bacon! Toast! Pastries! Eggs! Fruit! Sausages! Cheese! Muffins! Marmite... ok.  The moment was ruined.  Oh well.
     We packed up and started driving to Wales, a country where there are more sheep than people.  They aren't kidding.  By the time I saw my first person, I had already seen at least 500 sheep.  The long ride was worth it if nothing more but for the scenery.  At first, it was a bit like the Shire, and then it morphed into the rocky region where Frodo and Sam first meet Gollum.  The scenery changed yet again and I could almost see the wargs coming down from the cliffs...
     For lunch, we stopped at a traditional Welsh restaurant and traditional it was.  We were served shepherds' pie, potatoes, peas, and mashed carrots.  For desert, we had ice-cream and some sort of cake and it was possibly the most delicious thing I have ever had.
     After that we met up with a Welsh instructor and learned the count off (we count off so we know that everyone is there, I'm number 17) in Welsh, which is arguably the fourth hardest language for an English-speaing person to learn.  The fist being Icelandic, but thats beside the point.  My number (17 in case you've forgotten) is uindeigsyth (pronounced ian-die-g-scythe.)
     We ate dinner  and met up with the Kiwis from New Zealand.  They were from a group called 'Full On' and its all about self esteem, goals, and how to reach them.  We talked about that for a bit, and then did some stretching.  I would like you to do this right now.  Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and outstretch your right arm so its pointing away from you.  Try to point around in a full, clockwise circle, or at least as far as you can.  Don't move your feet.  Remember where you are pointing.  Go back to your starting position and repeat, except this time, close your eyes and think things like, "I am limber..." Stretch as far as you can, and then some.  Open your eyes.  Be amazed.
     One of the Kiwis demonstrated breaking a board, and then he asked for volunteers.  No one did.  It followed like this;

     "No one?"silence.... "Well then.  I guess we all have to do it then." And we did, to none other than Eye of the Tiger. :)  I guess that would be the RAS in motion.  The RAS (Reticular Activating System) basically tries to prove you right.  If you say I can't, or I can, you're right either way.