Cardiff, Wales

So I have just woken up after sleeping for so long after having a nice Saturday Day trip over to Cardiff. Myself David and our other friend Maia met up at around 6:15am to head off to Paddington Train Station to board our 7am to Bristol, England where we changed trains for Cardiff. The train rides themselves were pleasant, making a few stops along the way. I fell asleep at one point and woke up to massive amounts of fog in Swindon. Fell back to sleep and woke up to the sun breaking the fog over some other town along the way.

Cardiff Castle: Such a cool place, someone in the 19th century built one of their 15 homes in the UK on the castle grounds which was really cool to see, reminded me of the mansions in Newport, RI with all of the artwork, gold plated ceilings, it was just so neat. They even had a room for their kids that was painted with different fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Afterwards we took a walk through the remaining bits of the 12th century castle next door. David fought against his fear of heights and we got some beautiful views of the far off hills of Wales. Oh and did I mention we got a BEAUTIFUL DAY, had to be in the low 60s in the sun. It was awesome.

Cardiff Bay: 25-30 minute walk away from the castle is Cardiff Bay, a beautiful seaside area where we grabbed some fish and chips (TOURISTS) and relaxed before starting the 6.1 mile trail around the bay area. There is a barrage across the bay so you can walk across the bay into neighboring towns of Penearth, and Grangetown before walking back into Cardiff. We didn't realize it was 6 miles, but I mean still we had about 5.5 hours to kill as our train home wasn't til 9:00pm back to London. We pretty much just wandered for a while but it was very relaxing so I have to say one of the nicest places I have been so far, and I think great weather was to thank for it.

Rugby: This weekend was also a big weekend for Rugby, England played Wales yesterday and the Welsh ended up winning. As David, Maia and I wandered the High street for dinner it was challenging getting in anywhere because people packed into pubs to watch the game. But when Wales officially won, drunk and crazy people spilled out into the streets, making it ever more challenging to get through the city. Nonetheless, it was still an interesting site.

Train ride Home: Finally after dinner we hopped the train back to Bristol and then onto our train to London. The first stop the London train made was in Bath, where about 25 club goers around the ages of 25-30 boarded the train with us who were going back to Swindon. Some of them were literally out of control and we at first were like WHY NOW, as we were so tired. But after some time, a couple of them starting talking to us and it all just became funny. I mean at that point what else could we do but laugh. Finally after a long journey we arrived back at our flat by 1:30 AM, having almost been up about 20 or so hours. It was time for bed.

Overall Cardiff is a city we could wrap up in a day, but if I ever go back I would love to see the coast line outside of Cardiff. Something to consider if anyone reading this decides to go to Wales