I was going to post all about my plans before I left, but I was so busy getting ready that I completely forgot! I am in the UK!! I was given a wonderful opportunity to come to the UK by my mom's best friend! She lives in Wales with her husband and she invited Taylor and I to stay in London and Cardiff, Wales. We flew in on Tuesday and stayed in London for the night. We walked all around the city that night seeing the London Eye, Big Ben, and Westminster Abbey. Yesterday we started our day off my going to Madame Tousauds wax museum, but the wait was 2 hours so we decided to save that for the end of our trip when we visit London again. Instead we went to St. Paul's Cathedral and took some pictures. After that we walked the Millenium bridge and saw the Globe Theater. We had lunch at The Swan, a cute restaurant right next to the Globe, then we walked over to Big Ben, the London Eye, and Westminster Abbey to take some day photos. We ended up touring the Westminster Abbey; there were audio guides that took you around the cathedral, but there was no picture taking. I really enjoyed Westminster Abbey; it was so much more than I had imagined! After we toured around we took the train to find a the Hummingbird Bakery, a cupcake bakery that we had heard a lot about. Unfortunately we got there and it was closed, so it will be somewhere we'll have to stop on our second trip. We then took the train to Cardiff, Wales where we will stay the rest of the week. It was a great day and we took tons of photos, but I will have to wait to upload them until I get back, or when I get the time.
Today we started our day in Cardiff by renting some bikes and going up to the Castle Coch. Before we went to the castle we went to a local pub and had fish and chips with a pint. When our bellys were full of yummy fish we went up to the castle. The castle was originally built in the 15th century but reconstructed in the 1800's. The drawing room was very unique because the walls were painted with scenes from Aesops Fables; it was very beautiful. Our way back to the castle we came upon one of the most bizar things that has ever happend to me. We were taking cover under some trees on the bike path because it was raining pretty heavily. We stopped for about 5 minutes. All of a sudden Taylor says, "I just saw a naked man run across the path". I wasn't looking at the time so I missed it; I was a little dissappointed, but it wasn't long untill he came darting around the corning and down the path we were on. With nothing but socks and sneakers on this man was running in the pouring rain! As soon as he ran past us we broke into hysterical laughter. I managed to take a quick photo of him on the path, but you will have to wait for me to upload it later. It was so funny!!
Tomorrow we will go tour the city of Cardiff a little bit more and see where the day takes us! I will try to post pictures and more as soon as I can!
No comments:
Post a Comment