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Traveler World Tour 2023
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- Aug 9, 2023, 2:56pm
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park Cardiff Castle 51.482244, -3.1811451°28’56” N 3°10’52” W
Day 21
Cardiff castle Wales
August 9, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Cardiff Castle, Wales. On our 8 day bus trip around England, Wales and other side of Scotland. So much history, think the Scots, who were the Piks, the Anglo Saxons, the Kelts, Normans, back to the Vikings, Thousands of years of fuedalism, beautiful ancient castles, Manors, Abbeys, buriel grounds, saw Rob Roys cave, the place where Robert the Bruces heart is buried in 16th Century, compare this to our Tirit O Waitangi only 200 years ago, no wonder they were so good at colonising the world after all this!!
35% speak Gaelic in Wales, they have their own flag with the Dragon on it.Read more
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Traveler UK and Europe
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- Jul 10, 2023, 10:30am
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- Wales Castle Whitchurch 51.510868, -3.21853951°30’39” N 3°13’7” W
Day 4
St Fagan's Castle
July 10, 2023 in Wales ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
A somewhat overcast day weather wise, but a really interesting visit to St Fagan's to get a better understanding of the history of life in Wales.

St Fagan's Castle is an Elizabethan mansion dating from the 16th century.Read more
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Traveler Grande-Bretagne Tour 2023
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- Aug 4, 2023, 6:00pm
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park 51.482475, -3.18958551°28’57” N 3°11’23” W
Day 7–8
Arrivée à Cardiff (Pays de Galles)
August 4, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
On continue notre chemin après une belle visite de Bath. À peine la traversée du magnifique Pont Prince of Wales terminée, on tombe sur notre premier panneau routier en gallois... "I gyrraedd Senedd Cymru ewch am Fae Caerdydd" que ça dit😶. Nous qui pensions que c'était au moins un peu près de l'anglais, erreur! 30 minutes plus tard, nous voilà arrivés à notre appartement dans la capitale du Pays de Galles... très joli et fonctionnel. On l'a entre autre choisi en raison de la buanderie gratuite sur place. Ça fait une semaine qu'on est parti, il faut faire une brassée ou deux. Mais qu'est-ce que c'est cette combinaison laveuse et sécheuse intégrées dans un seul appareil? 5 heures pour un cycle régulier et nos vêtements encore humides sont "fripés" comme la face de Mike Jagger! M'enfin...Read more
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mit dem Camper nach Irland
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- Mar 11, 2023, 1:00pm
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park Cardiff Arms Park 51.481133, -3.18586551°28’52” N 3°11’9” W
Day 22
Trust me. I'm The Doctor!
March 11, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Cardiff. Hauptsitz von Torchwood.
Leider haben wir Cpt. Jack Harkness nirgendwo gesehen und im Hauptquartier war auch kein Zeitagent anwesend.
Wir sind durch die Straßen geschlendert und haben uns die Finger blau gefroren 😝🤣 Nachher ging es mit dem Wassertaxi zurück zum Auto und weiter Richtung London.Read more
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Traveler United Kingdom
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- Sep 7, 2023, 3:15pm
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- Wales Castle Cardiff 51.47629, -3.16754251°28’35” N 3°10’3” W
Day 33
Cardiff
September 7, 2023 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 362,310 in 2021, and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth.

In 1081 William I, King of England, began work on the castle keep within the walls of the old Roman fort.[31] Cardiff Castle has been at the heart of the city ever since.[32] The castle was substantially altered and extended during the Victorian period by John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, and the architect William Burges. Original Roman work can, however, still be distinguished in the wall facings.Read more
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Traveler Dreamcatcher
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- Feb 2, 2018
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park Cardiff Arms Park 51.48158, -3.1790951°28’54” N 3°10’45” W
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Caerdydd yng Nghymru
February 2, 2018 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Der Titel meiner Fotoreihe sieht zwar aus wie ein dicker fetter Schreibfehler - heißt aber übersetzt aus dem walisischen: "Cardiff in Wales". Die Haupstadt von Wales läd ein zum bummeln und die zu Zeit genießen bei einem mittelalterlichen/modernen Flair.

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Traveler Halbweltreise 2019
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- Aug 8, 2019, 12:00pm
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park Cardiff Arms Park 51.48167, -3.1816751°28’54” N 3°10’54” W
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Caerdydd.
August 8, 2019 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Don't worry, I won't try to write anything but the name of Wales' capital in Welsh. Instead, I offer some impressions of the Cardiff Castle, the Cardiff Bay area, the Cardiff Market, and the National Museum as well as the Millennium / Principality Stadium. (It does look like a ship, doesn't it?) Also, huge thanks to the two cyclists Geoff and Jeff with whom I had a lovely chat on the jetty. I also met Stewart and John, twice, who introduced me to all possible conspiracy theories (and somehow still allowed me to take their picture, which I will not put in this gallery of course).Read more
Bis jetzt sehr informativ .Also weiter Gruß Einöd
8/10/19Reply
Landschaft wunderschönen.Wetter noch.schöner Gruß Einöd
8/10/19Reply
Traveler Begeisterter Mitreisender.Tausend Grüße aus Erfurt
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Traveler UK 2019
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- May 22, 2019
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park Cardiff Arms Park 51.48158, -3.1790951°28’54” N 3°10’45” W
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Carmarthen to Cardiff
May 22, 2019 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
On our way to Cardiff this morning after another great breakfast, some serious dieting to be done when we get home lol. We arranged to meet Sis and Pete in the city near the castle, it was fantastic to be able to catch up with them here , and to top it off it was my birthday. We decided to do the hop on - hop off bus first and see a bit of the city , which was really interesting, we then got off at the Cardiff Castle which was amazing. The keep part is a ruin but facinating, the manor house section is incredible. The works of art on the walls and just the sheer opulance of some of the rooms was incredible. We then went and grabbed a pizza for lunch, and checked into our home for the night which was an incredible B&B in the city with Sis and Pete.We popped next door for dinner at the The Cricketers and had a really really good dinner, back to our room for a long hot bath lol.Read more
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Emil Post England und Wales
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- Jun 29, 2019, 4:29pm
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Wales Castle Cathays Park Cardiff Arms Park 51.481861, -3.18123851°28’55” N 3°10’52” W
Day 12
Cardiff Castle
June 29, 2019 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
In Cardiff wollten wir uns das Schloss ansehen, weil es sich innen sehr eindrucksvoll sein soll. Parken ging prima an der Universität. Nach 5 Minuten zu Fuß am Castle angekommen, hatte die Feuerwehr alles abgesperrt. Es fand abends ein Musikfestival statt und entweder war Abnahme oder es gab einen Feueralarm. Da gab es unterschiedliche Aussagen. Egal, dann erst in die City - was essen. Dann hatten wir später noch ca. 1,5 Stunden Zeit, uns das Castle anzusehen. Das hat sich dann auch gelohnt. Ich mache mal zwei Footsteps, einmal außen und einmal innen.Read more
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Michelle Creasy Europe
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- Oct 14, 2016, 2:21pm
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Wales Castle Butetown Roath Basin 51.464432, -3.16192451°27’52” N 3°9’43” W
Day 52
The Whoniverse
October 14, 2016 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I can't make up my mind as to whether I like Cardiff or not. It's not a huge city - 350,000 and quite compact. I'm not sure whether the area I am staying in (by the main train station) is seedy or not but it is central.
I started off with the hop on hop off tour. There is a stop conveniently close by.
I got off partway at The Doctor Who Experience. I am a huge Doctor Who fan especially Doctors 9 and 10 so this was a no brainer.
It starts with the "experience" in which you go through a journey with the twelfth Doctor. I won't say much here as they prefer it not to be spoilt but it was fun. I helped to save the universe.
There is an exhibition of various costumes in which I had a good browse through. All up I was there for several hours.

From there I walked across to Mermaid Quay for some lunch and took a look at the Ianto Jones memorial and the Millennium Centre. I met another Torchwood fan who was there with his friend who just didn't get it, he would rather be in the pub than look for the water tower.

I caught the bus back and then went down St Mary st which I thought was meant to be the shopping precent but it was all bars, backpackers and not much else.
I got back to the hotel just before five intending to go and do some washing but discovered the laundromat closed at 6 so watched a movie instead. I eventually went across the road for some dinner and have been catching up on my TripAdvisor reviews.

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TARDIS
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Weeping angel - don't blink!
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Mermaid Quay
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