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An inauspicious start...
I strongly suspect that most travel blogs begin with an exciting opening entry, enthusing about experiences ahead, and boldly promising frequent, informative updates on the progress of the travels.
This entry however is for the sole purpose of figuring out how this all works, and I don't doubt that any future updates we make will be sporadic at best. Chances are I'll forget the password within a ...
Cardiff
... way to the Millennium Stadium tour. The tour around Millennium Stadium began at 2pm and we were in a group of six people. On the tour we watched a movie of the history of the stadium and then entered "the dragon's lair". We got to go into the press conference room (the Ray Gravell room), changing rooms, corporate boxes, entrance tunnel and the pitch itself. At 3.15pm we caught the bus back to Swansea and had "cod and chips" for ...
The day after.
... Paddington line has only minor disruption but more rain is due tonight.
My day is a relaxed one, a stroll down to Cardiff Bay exploring the area, checking out the menus at every restaurant on the wharf in anticipation of a long lingering late lunch. The rain is holding off as I head over towards the huge BBC structure famous for the making of Doctor Who, and more recently Torchwood. There's a ...
Moving onto Wales
... feed to line our stomachs as we knew it was going to be a pretty big night because we were going to watch the All Blacks play Wales. After painting our faces and putting all our NZ memorabilia on we caught a taxi into the city to meet up with Monique and a few of her friends. Walking into a pub that was a sea full of red we clearly stood out. We enjoyed a few drinks and a few laughs before all heading to the stadium. We were in ore of the Welsh singing ...
Match Day!
... 45 minutes before the game we were entertained by an outstanding welsh choir who moved around the ground, performing for various sections of the crowd. It set the scene for the most awe inspiring national anthem I have ever experienced. Led by the choir, the crowd sang so spiritedly I would challenge any crowd anywhere else in the world to do better. I was truly moved. The haka was a bit of an anti climax after that.
The other thing ...
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