Conquering Cardiff

Today's blog is going to be another short re-cap because Katherine and I, again, had a full day and are quite tired. Here's a brief run-down of our day:

We woke up this morning and headed to the Victoria Coach Station to get on a bus heading to Cardiff, Wales. The bus ride took over 3 hours, but it was fine. When we got there, we first headed to Cardiff Castle. Both Katherine and I found the place to be really neat and pretty, but extremely confusing! It was really eclectic in terms of architectural styles and the uses of the castle. All in all, kind of weird, but lots of fun. The people there were very, very nice and we ran into lots of school children - they were cute. After the castle, we walked about 30 minutes down to Cardiff Bay. It was a bit windy and cold, but the bay was cute nonetheless. We saw lots of other strange buildings (including a visitor's center that was shaped like a tube) and determined that the bay is probably an ideal place to be in the warmer seasons. We found a light boat, carousel, Milennium theatre, Mermaid's Quay, and a few other shopping areas. We ate a lunch/dinner meal at a restaurant that looked over the water. We spent the rest of our time exploring some very cute little shops and getting coffee for the bus ride back.

We got back into London a little after 9:00 and have been getting ready for Paris ever since. We are both very excited to get there!!