Cardiff, Wales

My mother pointed out that I've been a bit behind on my blogging lately. Two weekends ago, on November 6, me and my three friends on my flat (Michelle, Amanda and Jessye; we've dubbed ourselves a "flamily") hopped on a train to Cardiff, Wales just for the day.

We went to Cardiff Castle and took an audio tour:

In the middle of the tour, we stopped and sat on a bench to eat our packed lunches (generally sandwiches of the peanut butter variety). 

Amanda, Michelle, Jessye

We climbed the stairs to the top of the keep:

Next we walked to the National Museum of Cardiff (this picture was taken standing on the steps of the museum):

And we did some shopping and lots of walking. It was very cold. We wanted to find a cafe, but instead we found approximately 38459674 Starbucks places. (Side note: Before this semester, I had never actually purchased something at Starbucks before. But my father kindly sent me a gift card to use there and so I've been able to have delicious coffee and snacks wherever I go. Now I know why people go there. It is good. Every country I've been in has had a Starbucks. Anyway.)

Oh, and we saw the Millenium Stadium, which is apparently a big deal. I don't really care about it.

We did a lot of walking and shopping, and eventually headed back to the train station to go back to Cheltenham.

And because I have this past weekend to blog about, that's all I'll say about Cardiff. 

Happy Birthday to my mom. Also: it's officially one month until I come home!