Perched on the rocky fringe of western Europe, often gets short shrift in comparison to its Celtic cousins of Ireland and Scotland. Neither so internationally renowned nor so romantically perceived, the country is usually defined - if it is known at all - by it's male voice choirs and tightly packed pit villages. But there's far more to the place than the hackneyed stereotypes, and even it's comparative anonymity serves it well: instead of being reduced to some misty Celtic pastiche, wales remains brittle and brutal enough to be real, and diverse enough to remain endlessly interesting.
Only 160 miles from north to south and 50 miles from east to west, wales is smaller than Massachusetts and only half the size of the Netherlands, Yet it packs in some stunning physical attributes.
Just the name, Wales, alone brings a number of stories, writers, etc to mind. Hope you are able to add more pictures too. Should be an interesting blog.
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