if you’re putting around Penzance remember the Gilbert and Sullivan play, “the Pirates of Penzance“ which made it absolutely necessary I visit this town. I found it to be a very interesting and friendly place to visit. You might want to stay here a couple nights to walk around the area and definitely go down by the promenade, walk along the beach side if the waves are not too high and splashing up on the promenade and also find a good fish and chips restaurant. As you will know “chips“ is the England term for french fries or Belgian fries. I just want a note here that everybody awards the Belgians for inventing french fries. This town is almost towards the end of the Cornwall Peninsula. I was expecting people to be a little bit more “Gaelic” in attitude like the Irish or the Scots but this place was too long completely Anglicized and Normanized and occupied by the Sassanacs that it doesn’t have what I expected, an emotional detachment from the “English attitudes”. But everybody is friendly and very much focused on making people happy and helping out where they can so it’s a very enjoyable place to travel. The summer is really the best time in Cornwall since there are just so many activities for the outdoor activity lovers and for families. In the winter most everything is shut down and the rain really prevents people from walking some distances to ancient stones or circles or burial sites since the mud is very thick. So spend a few days here at least, relax and enjoy the environment.
