Pakistan, Jan. 12 -- October is pre-winter in the United Kingdom and so, was quite an unpopular choice to be visiting the island nation in.

Also, being a Lahori, choosing Wales to be having winter vacations in added to the unpopularity of my preferences.

"It will be quite, dreary and melancholic," people told me. Even going by the weather reports for the 15 days I was to spend there, I figured the atmosphere would not entirely be all that uplifting. But I wasn't the one to revise my plans based on assumptions and hearsay. I was to spend every single day in Cardiff, Wales to its fullest; doing justice to every penny I spent in going there.

And so my trip began October 29, 2018. It was a Monday and I took the 3am flight to Cardiff via Do...