Pre-King's: Week Vacation With Mom, Day 6
Today was our second day trip, and we were off to Cardiff, Wales. We had a surprise when we jumped in the van this morning -- we were the only ones on the tour! So when we picked up our tour guide outside of Cardiff, we were pleased to find that we were getting what amounted to our own private guide.
The first stop on our path was Cardiff Castle. It's a combination of Roman Walls and Norman castlery. The outer walls are fortifications from invaders, while inside the walls is a smaller Norman castle, complete with its own moat. We walked around a bit and listened to some audio guides before moving on to another museum.
Next we went to St. Fagan's National History Museum, which included the Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, or the Museum of Welsh Life (I want to learn to speak Welsh! It has the best spelling!)
St. Fagan's is this great mix of lush gardens, 17th-century wealthy interiors, and then exhibitions of rural Welsh life over the centuries. It really gives you a glimpse of the history of the common Welshman, rather than just the rich elite. There was one exhibit where it had a row of townhouse-like apartments, and each section or "townhouse" was done in a different time period's style, leading up to the 1980s from the 1600s. It was neat to have such a side-by-side comparison of how Welsh life evolved.
The first stop on our path was Cardiff Castle. It's a combination of Roman Walls and Norman castlery. The outer walls are fortifications from invaders, while inside the walls is a smaller Norman castle, complete with its own moat. We walked around a bit and listened to some audio guides before moving on to another museum.
Next we went to St. Fagan's National History Museum, which included the Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, or the Museum of Welsh Life (I want to learn to speak Welsh! It has the best spelling!)
St. Fagan's is this great mix of lush gardens, 17th-century wealthy interiors, and then exhibitions of rural Welsh life over the centuries. It really gives you a glimpse of the history of the common Welshman, rather than just the rich elite. There was one exhibit where it had a row of townhouse-like apartments, and each section or "townhouse" was done in a different time period's style, leading up to the 1980s from the 1600s. It was neat to have such a side-by-side comparison of how Welsh life evolved.