Oh hi there!
So, I do apologise for not writing this blog earlier- I got totally distracted by, you'd never guess it, Dr. Moo... Doctor who? (in-joke). Yea long story so I'll get to it.
We woke up to our only full day in Cardiff at about 8am and went downstairs for a free yet terrible breakfast. We were joined by our French roomate for a bit which was assez cool and then we went back up and got ready for a full jam-packed day out in the city. When we finally left I think it was abuot 10.30-11. We're lazy, lazy people. Good times. Off we set to go to Cardiff Castle.
We walked there which wasn't far at all, just a 20 minute hike at the most. It took us right through the centre of the city which was a good way to orientate ourselves and then just as wel excited the central area we ended up at the castle. Student Discounts and a money exchange later, we had our ticket and were happy to enter. The castle was like 30 times better than the Edinburgh Castle even though it was a wee bit smaller. It was like a huge courtyard with buildings and stuff spread out. In front of us was like a watch tower type thing with a moat and stuff. Oh I would like to point out that Chloe kinda had been holding out on taking photos over her Contiki tour because she felt silly taking the same photos as everyone else but when we came to Cardiff Castle, my camera was low on batteries so I scarcely took photos and Chloe went pretty mental, I think we have like 30 photos of the same catapult at different angles- its quite funny. Anyway, yea we explored the watch tower then went to the main building to the right where we met Queen Victoria by accident, we opened the door for her and didn't even know who it was. Haha. Its cool because there are a bunch of actors all around the castle just playing as if they were back in the Castles Hayday dressed up and such and they interact with you keeping their roles on like saying 'Good day sir' and such, it adds a nice touch to the castle.
After a while exploring every nook and cranny we left and decided to make our way to Cardiff Bay where the Dr. Who centre of Cardiff is located. Chloe is a huge fan of the Doctor so she was so excited as we made our way there. We did stop for some lunch though (as healthy as we would like to be, it doesn't stop us buying McDonalds for lunch...) then walked to the bay. It was a good walk away and felt like ages but it was a good one. WE could have taken a bus or train but walking feels more touristy or something and after our Maccas, I prefered it. We arrived at the centre with help from the locals and I cannot explain how excited Chloe was- it was very cute. Jumping around and such haha. The exhibition was even interesting to me solely because I got Chloe to explain everything to me while I covered up the signs explaining what they are and then checked what Chloe said compared to the sign... she was always spot on. Nerd. Then she bought some stuff at the gift shop and we left. I do have a cool wristband though. I guess thats cool.
Yea, so then we made our way right to Mermaid bay where we (I have officially JUST left Wales at 10.44am now – I am on a train whilst I am typing this and just saw the sign. I'm now in England) saw the Millenium Centre and this random International Food Fare thing. Ignoring that, we made our way to sit and look out at the water then saw a Merry-Go-Round which of course, we went on. Goooood times. We are the coolest kids on the block fo sho. It was fun though haha.
Went out for a drink. Realised we'd done everything we wanted to in Cardiff. Looked at clock. It was 3pm. Haha. We then walked back into the city, I bought some wee souvenir type things then we went back to hostel to download episodes of Doctor Who, which I was now interested in watching, arrving at about 4.30ish. Chloe wrote some of her Journal and we just generally bummed around until Dr. Who was done. We watched an episode of that, then the rest of Inglorious Basterds which we didn't finish the night before followed by dinner at the same restaurant as the previous night. Goood times. Came back, more Doctor Who. Bed. Oh! When Chloe went to the shower I was talking to Frenchie in our room and it turned out he like firsbee too, which was funny so he got really excited when I said Chloe was an Ultimate Frisbee champ. Haha. It was funny. Good times.
Et c'est tout, Wales was aight, but Cardiff isn't the mot exciting place- it really reminded me of Ballarat.. even though its a capital city. It was so little and not that much to do. The castle is recommended and Dr. Who fans should go to the exhibition but you know, a day is more than enough.
Toodle pip!
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