Surreal Portmeirion

Portmeirion is truly surreal. It looks one part Hollywood Hills, two parts Italian, one part Buddhist, and half Dr. Seuss. The private homes here are the work of a Welsh architect and are most famous for being the set of the 1960's TV show The Prisoner. The place is difficult to describe, so I'll leave it to the pictures. 

I passed this archway on my way to and from the train station. The warped wood, mixed stone, and clinging garden combined in a manner that struck me as the perfect example of quaint rural British beauty. 

By train I made my way out of Wales to Chester, back in England.