Our second city to visit during our stay in the United Kingdom was Cardiff. After we arrived by train and got settled in our room at the Cardiff Hotel, we decided to first check out the National Museum Cardiff and then on our second day here, we thought we’d see a show at St. David’s Hall.
The Cardiff Museum was highly recommended to us by fellow passengers on the train, we were hoping we might bump in to them while we were here, but we never did. They recommendation though, was superb. The Museum had a remarkable collection of European sculptures and paintings. We attended a lunchtime talk and strolled through some new exhibits, but what was really fantastic was the exhibit that took us on a 4,600 million year journey which showed us how the evolution of life changed in Wales. We still had some time left during the day, so we indulge ourselves shopping. We found the Victorian Arcades where there were all kinds of quirky and unusual shops. Like an exotica clothing boutique next to a coffee shop and that was next to a very high end chic fashion store. Oh, and a shop that sold nothing but violins right next to a surf shop. Really, quite a lot of fun.
The next day we decided to skip the show and instead take a tour of Cardiff Castle, which was transformed into a Gothic era on steroids. The castle is located right in the center of Cardiff, it was originally a Roman fort, but now it’s a mixture of buildings from many eras. After the tour, we were still in the mood to shop so we took a boat tour from Cardiff Bay over to Mermaid Quay. After all of that, we were exhausted, but pleasantly happy. We were glad we but Cardiff on our list of places to go.