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Cardiff
... luckily we were the only people on our tour! On the tour we learnt all about the history of the castle, what all the rooms were used for and the messages within the decorations. Many of the features of the rooms within the castle were purely for show - expressing the wealth and views of the third Marquess of Bute, John Patrick Chrichton-Stuart. Jonathans' favourite part was The Keep which is famously known for ...
Swansea
... the Swansea football coach Michael Laudrup (who is Danish). We had a look around all the stores, stalls and markets in Swansea, and we also managed to get a lovely fresh roast pork bun for lunch. After lunch Jono and I met up with one of Jono's schoolmates Helen and caught up on the news (11 years worth!) The weather was terrible with sleet and bitter winds and since Jonos shoes seemed to be holding more water than most water bottles ...
London (Heathrow) - Swansea
... that much for the tickets to begin with! To chew through time we went into the cafe in the lobby and had a coffee. We got chatting to a nice English lady who had the same idea of passing time while waiting as well. We had a lovely soup for lunch in the cafe before heading to the bus. Practically as soon as the bus started we had both fallen asleep and the next thing we knew we were in ...
The day after.
... any kind of special occasion, most groups spanning three generations. The problem with being a party of one is they serve you very quickly, I have all the time in the world and want to quietly people watch and write in my journal, as I am doing now.
I opt for the chicken liver parfait and brioche followed by a pan fried skate in a lemon butter sauce, accompanied by a nice glass of French ...
Moving onto Wales
... door I called it quits, Chris agreed. Our faces by now looked really bad as our paint looked like it was melting. We had been drinking since lunch time anyway so it was a pretty big night. Today, Chris is in recover mode. I on the other hand was fine again. But after a feed and a bit of rest we went into town by 1pm. It was still raining and miserable but we couldn't not come in and see the town. We gave up after a few hours and were drenched so back to the hotel we ...