Month: October 2024

I love going away to places because it is a big change from the normal four walls plus sitting in front of my computer. I think everyone needs all the colors of the rainbow and sometimes the work situation does not provide this. I don't even have to consciously switch off my interests or my brain but just be in an environment which feeds me different information. During the past few days I've...

We were staying five nights in a budget hotel, one of three Travelodges in Cardiff and this one was in Cardiff Bay. Some major changes are going to take place in the next two to five years and as you can see below there is some wonderful building going on, on what used to be a car park and a wood. I cannot record a less romantic view from the window of our room. I suppose it qualifies as a city...

Wednesday was the day that I allocated to go to Swansea by train and enable Francoise to have a swim in the Olympic size national swimming pool which is part of a very ambitious Sports Complex in Swansea. We caught the 10.40 train from Cardiff Central to Swansea, a journey of about an hour. The cost for us both using our Two Together card was £18.70. It was very pleasant to take a break from the...

After a late start we took the 92 bus from the centre to Penarth which is a Suburb of Cardiff right by the sea. It has an old-fashioned wooden pier and Assembly Hall that looks nothing from the outside but when you get inside is very spacious and there was an exhibition going on at the time, works by Kevin Stone who after an accident at work lost the use of his right arm and had to learn to...

Monday is not supposed to be the ideal day for visiting cultural and social activities but the fact is that Cardiff is buoyant enough and popular enough for most exhibitions and facilities to run seven days a week. There are two main museums here dealing with the environment of Cardiff and surrounds. One is closed on Sunday and one is closed on Monday so the visitor is never left disappointed....

Off we go on a much anticipated journey or should I say holiday break to Cardiff. This may not be the romantic break that everyone would see as a holiday but trust me the destination is a cosmopolitan and upbeat city with a very lively and communicative mixed race population. We decided to travel by car as we could take much more stuff with us. We could have used it to travel around locally. By...