Welsh heartland in Argentina!
We're not Welsh, we may have got married there, Pat my mum may have been born there but we're not Welsh.... For some reason I just like Wales and many of the people.....
So hearing that there was a pretty Welsh heartland close to the
Penguins (meaning white head in Welsh) we made the decision to come and have a look.
It may be a bit harsh to say that Trelew (meaning "Village of Lewis") (in Spanish pronounced, Tre-le-oo) is as Welsh as Slough or Mansfield...... It may have some road names such as "Lewis Jones Avenue", "Robert Berwin Road" and "Lloyd Jones" but that's about it... So off we went to Gaiman which we were lead to believe was the most Welsh of the villages with Welsh Tea Houses, so Welsh in fact that Lady Diana came in 1995....
And to be fair there is a very typical Welsh house that looks as if it came out of the Valleys "The Evan's House" and a Welsh Chapel that it did make it more interesting and for a whole days budget we could have had Welsh tea and cakes but we abstained, putting the money instead towards the Penguin trip.... But we did wish them a "Blwddyn newydd dda"!
