We got breakfast in the Executive Lounge then enjoyed our coffee outside. Planning our day we decided to do the double decker bus because you can hop on and off! Get the lay of the land then make choices!
The below pictures are from inside the Cardiff Central Market. It opened in May of 1891 – 132 years ago. At one entrance (St Mary Street) there used to be a hallow where they tied off boats and also hung people. Now you can find anything from fresh fish, cheese, fabric, yarn, books and maybe grab lunch! I got two Welch Cakes. They were warm and delicious ! One was an original and the other was lemon. I throughly enjoyed them!
The Cardiff market is the oldest used building in Wales.
Found the double decker bus. It was hop on and hop off and headphones gave you a nice brief story of the areas and buildings.
The site of the Cardiff Castle was originally used by the Romans as a fort and built around 55 AD and occupied until about 80 AD. Then William the Conqueror may have built a castle at Cardiff as early as 1081.
Bute are large landowners in South Wales. They constructed the many docks here. 1913 Cardiff was the biggest coal producers in the world.
La Parisienne by Renior, 1874, of the model Henrietta Henriot.
1997 the UK gave Wales more powers and helped them establish their own parliament.
Wales is known as The land of song and in 1905 the first national anthem was sung at a sporting event in Cardiff!
These same Welchmen gave us a recommendation of going to Patures Restaurant for a great steak! It was fabulous!
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