This post is especially for tardisjournal and everyone who likes mosaics, as I do (one day I am going to do a similar one for the pavements of Vancouver - watch this space). Behind the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is a lovely walk near a small river, and you can see all those mosaics representing rugby nations. See if you can identify all the symbols!

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Squeee! When I watched the first new Dr. Who episode "The impossible astronaut", that American Diner from the beginning, when the Doctor comes out of the rest room, looked very familiar to me. Then I realized, we had been dining in there last October in Cardiff. The Elvis on the toilet door gave it away ( Read more... )

On with last year's Cardiff travel report - need to finish these before the travels I have planned for this year.

On to part 3

Directly around the corner from the the Oakdale Workmen’s Institute we found the Gwalia stores and Gwalia Tea rooms. And I'm sure every Doctor Who fan will recognize those from the episodes "Human Nature/Family of Blood ( Read more... )

previously: part 1 of Pictures of St. Fagans, Dr. Who filming location

For some reason we did not find the way to the Timber Circle, went to the white St. Teilo’s Church instead, which was a very interesting kind of church.


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previously: Arriving in Cardiff, Bay & Dinner The morning started with a very nice breakfast. Later we all compared the breakfasts of the different hotels - seems we got the best selection. There was a huge line with eggs and bacon and sausages and grilled tomatoes and mushrooms and black pudding and hash browns. You could also have toast and ( Read more... )

Part 1 can be found here:

Part 2 can be found here:

On to Part 3 - the great emotional finale!

John had used the break to change again and came back in a shiny silvery suit.


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Part 1 can be found here:

Part 2

Last time I told you there wasn’t an introduction to “Don’t Rain on my Parade” - turned out, there was. In fact, there were some nice stories which I don’t want to keep from you.

( An old Indian man said something to John on his travel through the US for Children In Need: “A life without risk is a life not lived”. )

This is my report for the John Barrowman concert in Cardiff. For the past days I have been writing and watching all kind of videos, trying to catch every single detail, for all of you that could not see John live at a concert, and as a memory for those that did. Please sit down, relax, have a nice read and click onto everything that looks like a ( Read more... )

My birthday started at 4.15 AM with my mother singing „Happy Birthday“ through the phone. Then my brother came over and together with Sula we caught the train at 6 AM. It was very misty at the time, but in Berlin we had sunshine. The flight was still almost 45 minutes delayed since they didn’t finish the check in in time and we could only leave ( Read more... )