Another time I'm away from Bournemouth...this time my destination is Cardiff...
Taking a train from Bournemouth is just 3-4hours approximately
I woke up in the early morning to find out one of my flatmates was ready to go
while my mom just woke up not too long before I did.
We planned to leave around 6.15 but finally we're late so we took a taxi instead.
The city was nice in its way, not many people like in other cities. I believe this is because it is not a weekend or a holiday. So, the city belongs to the locals...
We've visited MIllenium Stadium...one of the most popular attractions of Cardiff...
walking around trying to find the main entrance...but...where is it?
We moved onto the castle...Cardiff Castle...where I have no idea about its story
the castle is nice in a way..but what is interesting to me is its prison
where someone from a royal family had been jailed...I even cannot remember who he was
the story seems to be interesting to me...
After leaving the castle, I walked around the city with my mom & my friend
having had our lunch near a church in the city centre...
then we walked through a local market...where attracts me the most...
I can feel the life of the locals here
one that I found it is very nice to try...Welsh cake...
I assume it should be eaten with tea or coffee in the morning or afternoon
but I cannot drink both tea or coffee so I had some with drinking water instead!
the taste is nice..very nice..
it is like a normal cake but I don't know how to describe...
it is just nice to try!
the day almost finished...
after a long around the city, we found this is a huge shopping centre
where we should come when it is a sale season!
we dropped by several shops & decided to take a train back to our town
exhausted...
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
I NEED ...
This is like five or six months passed without any big trip
It's a kind of boring when I have to be here working and studying
the more I'm away from the world, it seems life is not worth to live!
NOTHING TO SAY...
It's a kind of boring when I have to be here working and studying
the more I'm away from the world, it seems life is not worth to live!
NOTHING TO SAY...
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
First visit--Birmingham
I've just realised that I haven't finished writing about my trip on January!
Well, continue on Birmingham...
After leaving Leamington Spa, we (my sis & I) took the train to Birmingham where my sis live & study. at first, I thought it was a quiet city because it was Sunday when we arrived...there wasn't many things to do...we spent that night having Pizza Hut (& that was the first time & only once for Pizza Hut in UK) & watching a film 'White Noise' (the first time as well)
that night wasn't so impressed..as I not really like eating out with many people (we went out nearly 10 people I think) and I don't like watching a film!..but that wasn't a big problem for me..I love to experince the new things & there was a great chance to know the night life in a big city...
the following day..Monday..I spent the afternoon in the city..it was crowded by thousands people & most are Indians!...this city is really nice for shopping but it just not suit with me...a girl from a countryside (even I live in the centre of my town)...
anyway, I got only one night in Birmingham..& I think I will revisit again but to somewhere away from the city centre (or shopping centre)
that night I took the train back to my town...expected to reach the town around 10pm but the train was delayed because of the electrical problem (hahaha)...so I reached home around midnight or 1 in the morning!
not a good nor a bad experience!
Well, continue on Birmingham...
After leaving Leamington Spa, we (my sis & I) took the train to Birmingham where my sis live & study. at first, I thought it was a quiet city because it was Sunday when we arrived...there wasn't many things to do...we spent that night having Pizza Hut (& that was the first time & only once for Pizza Hut in UK) & watching a film 'White Noise' (the first time as well)
that night wasn't so impressed..as I not really like eating out with many people (we went out nearly 10 people I think) and I don't like watching a film!..but that wasn't a big problem for me..I love to experince the new things & there was a great chance to know the night life in a big city...
the following day..Monday..I spent the afternoon in the city..it was crowded by thousands people & most are Indians!...this city is really nice for shopping but it just not suit with me...a girl from a countryside (even I live in the centre of my town)...
anyway, I got only one night in Birmingham..& I think I will revisit again but to somewhere away from the city centre (or shopping centre)
that night I took the train back to my town...expected to reach the town around 10pm but the train was delayed because of the electrical problem (hahaha)...so I reached home around midnight or 1 in the morning!
not a good nor a bad experience!
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Leamington Spa...a small nice town
i've visited this town last weekend (14-16 Jan 05) as i've joined a host programme...
(Pong my sis & i had a chance to stay with an English family)
the weather wasnt nice...it was rain most of the days...
we started on Friday...i took a train from Bournemouth to Leamington Spa directly...
while Pong to a train from Birmingham where she lives to meet me at Leamington Spa station...haha...at first sight, we both looked fat!!
the couple, Richard & Jacqui, picked us up & took us home...
...there was nothing much to do...
they said Friday is their day off...no work just stay still...wow!
however, Jacqui took us to the town...to see what it looks like...
it looks bigger than Bournemouth!!
we went to Royal Leamington Spa...actually it's an exhibition...
telling the history of the spa here where the royal family & nobles always visited..
...Queen Victoria also visited the spa when she was very young...
Friday ended with the dinner at home...a little game before bed...
i played a game (i cant remember the name)
it has world map & we stand on it...then we have to use hands & legs...
touch the continents (that the caller tells you)...
that will make yourself twist if you got the left hand on America
...but have to put your right hand on Asia...
if you fall, you fail....
another game...pictionary...it's a good game...great actually....
but i hate drawing!!!...
for sure, i have drawn something even myself neven seen it before!!
haha...but that was a big fun of this game
then we went to bed...
Saturday...woke up...
the room was really hot because of the heater we turned on whole night!!
we went to Stratford-Upon-Avon...a town near by...
it's Shakespeare's birthplace...we went to the theatre...walked through the town...
to his house...it's a nice town...but very crowded...
we think because it's a tourist attraction...it has Shakespeare & Teddy Bear...
i think it has other interesting things also
...ahh...butterfly farm or museum...that's what i've seen
SO...next stop is Warwick Castle...where has been recommended by ....
the entrance fee is more than expensive! 12sth...horrible...
but, luckily, the host paid for us...
we first walked through the town...i think it should be Warwick...but i'm not sure
we ate sth before...& then we were in the castle...
the castle is beautiful...but the weather was terrible...it was raining all the time
...& that made me uncomfortable...
...i cant breathe especially when we went to the underground...
the castle is very dim...plus the bad weather...i felt like i were in the past...
when England was full of smoke & fog all over the island...(i've read that from the books)
however, i survived...the weather was better afterward...but still raining...
Saturday night, we went out to the party...the hosts organised for their friend...
ate & talked...that's the way party always is...
...went back home & bed...
Sunday...went to church...
experiencing how Anglican works...quite nice...
i think most churches here in UK have great relationship with the community...
after the church...we ate & watched an old english programme...funny...
...then we took the train to Birmingham...
To Be Continued...
(Pong my sis & i had a chance to stay with an English family)
the weather wasnt nice...it was rain most of the days...
we started on Friday...i took a train from Bournemouth to Leamington Spa directly...
while Pong to a train from Birmingham where she lives to meet me at Leamington Spa station...haha...at first sight, we both looked fat!!
the couple, Richard & Jacqui, picked us up & took us home...
...there was nothing much to do...
they said Friday is their day off...no work just stay still...wow!
however, Jacqui took us to the town...to see what it looks like...
it looks bigger than Bournemouth!!
we went to Royal Leamington Spa...actually it's an exhibition...
telling the history of the spa here where the royal family & nobles always visited..
...Queen Victoria also visited the spa when she was very young...
Friday ended with the dinner at home...a little game before bed...
i played a game (i cant remember the name)
it has world map & we stand on it...then we have to use hands & legs...
touch the continents (that the caller tells you)...
that will make yourself twist if you got the left hand on America
...but have to put your right hand on Asia...
if you fall, you fail....
another game...pictionary...it's a good game...great actually....
but i hate drawing!!!...
for sure, i have drawn something even myself neven seen it before!!
haha...but that was a big fun of this game
then we went to bed...
Saturday...woke up...
the room was really hot because of the heater we turned on whole night!!
we went to Stratford-Upon-Avon...a town near by...
it's Shakespeare's birthplace...we went to the theatre...walked through the town...
to his house...it's a nice town...but very crowded...
we think because it's a tourist attraction...it has Shakespeare & Teddy Bear...
i think it has other interesting things also
...ahh...butterfly farm or museum...that's what i've seen
SO...next stop is Warwick Castle...where has been recommended by ....
the entrance fee is more than expensive! 12sth...horrible...
but, luckily, the host paid for us...
we first walked through the town...i think it should be Warwick...but i'm not sure
we ate sth before...& then we were in the castle...
the castle is beautiful...but the weather was terrible...it was raining all the time
...& that made me uncomfortable...
...i cant breathe especially when we went to the underground...
the castle is very dim...plus the bad weather...i felt like i were in the past...
when England was full of smoke & fog all over the island...(i've read that from the books)
however, i survived...the weather was better afterward...but still raining...
Saturday night, we went out to the party...the hosts organised for their friend...
ate & talked...that's the way party always is...
...went back home & bed...
Sunday...went to church...
experiencing how Anglican works...quite nice...
i think most churches here in UK have great relationship with the community...
after the church...we ate & watched an old english programme...funny...
...then we took the train to Birmingham...
To Be Continued...
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