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... 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.
... It was a lovely couple of hours just eating and people watching. The desserts looked awesome but I just couldn't do it. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
As I left the rain was starting to fall yet again, as promised. A brisk stroll back to the hotel saw me drying off by 5 o'clock. I couldn't imagine going out for dinner so settled down to some TV, in-house movies and an early ...
Moving onto Wales
... Wales then puts on its show of rain for us. So you can imagine that we have a big suitcase each and backpack running down this road still not 100%25 sure of where we were going, we are both busting to go to the toilet and we were getting drenched. Not a good start to not having a car but we just laughed it off, it was quite funny. Not bothered about catching the long bus ride into the city again that afternoon we decided to just chill. Yesterday we slept in, had ...
Match Day!
The big day. 5:15 kick off. The excitement is mounting, as is the level of activity around the hotel. Both Kiwi and Welsh. Black and red everywhere.
The night before, Hoggy had arrived more or less on time, finding me already on my third pint in the hotel bar. A couple more drinks and we headed off to dinner in town. Dr. Hogg had done his research and selected a top notch Thai restaurant. The food was beautiful, as were the two bottles ...
Wales Weather for the Welsh ...
... 0px; padding: 0px;">This news brought with it a raft of concerns, not least of which is inclement weather for the big game, but I needn't have worried. The taxi driver reminded me Millenium stadium is covered so not only will the ground be in good shape, we will stay dry. Only the walk to the stadium will be an issue, but with the gear I brought with me for the -27 degrees Mongolian winter, I figure I will ...