Cardiff/Caerdydd: Part One

Off to Cardiff this weekend with Ariel and Rena!
I went a day early on Friday, wandered through Bute Park and the National Museum of Wales. Saw some beautiful artwork (including some of Monet's Waterlillies!) and napped on a tree.

Beautiful Bute Park

On Saturday the three of us headed over to Cardiff Castle smack dab in the middle of center city for a tour and to walk the grounds. Then we wandered around the markets and shops in center city (ate lots of Welsh cakes and pasties), before getting some yummy Indian food for dinner!

Ariel looking over the main house.

Got a private tour of the Marchess' private staircase!

Inside the dining hall (notice the guy on the left in the dungeon!)

Modelling in front of the central castle.

In the stocks :(

Random oversized board games!

Looking out over central Cardiff from the embankment.

Bonus: the animals along the outer wall have EYES!!

Also, a note on the title: Caerdydd is the Welsh word for Cardiff. Welsh, or Cymraeg, is a beautiful, beautiful language with beautiful sounding words, although some of them may look quite strange because it is strictly phonetic and consonant heavy. Although everyone in Wales speaks English while only 20% speak fluent Cymraeg, Cymraeg and English are technically both the offical languages of Wales. Hence, all signage has both Cymraeg and English translations.