Monday, July 21, 2014

Today we visited a farmers' market on the banks of the River Taff where we enjoyed some delicious food for lunch. We then took a river ferry down to the harbour. The harbour is the location of the National Assembly of Wales (the Senedd). It also celebrates Roald Dahl who was baptised in the Norwegian Church, located there. In fact Roald Dahl was one of the group of people who made sure that the Norwegian Church, which had once been a mission to Norwegian Seamen, was restored in the 1970s. Cardiff Harbour also hosts a Doctor Who exhibition. You may bnot have known that Doctor Who is filmed on location in and around Cardiff as well as in the BBC studio in Cardiff Bay.
After leaving the harbour we caught the bus back to the cirty to visit the Cardiff Museum. It contains a good collection of Impressionist art which we greatly enjoyed as well as a lot of sculptures, including a large version of Rodin's "The Kiss". No photos from there as we had to sign an agreement that we wouldn't put any photos on the Internet.
Tomorrow we drive to our next stop in central Wales.
Cardiff River Ferry View

Old Harbourmaster's Building, now part of the National Assembly building

Norwegian Church Cardiff, now a gallery and cafe

Scott of the Antarctic Memorial. Scott Left from Cardiff for his Antarctic expedition.

Tardis landing in Cardiff Bay

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wales seems a very interesting place. And it looks like you have had good weather.

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