After visiting Bath, I took the train to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Just outside of Cardiff is an open air museum based on the design of Skansen in Stockholm called St Fagans. It was a beautiful day to spend outside, and seeing the sheep and baby lambs made my day! One of my favourite buildings there is the reconstructed medieval church St Teilo's (Llandeilo Tal-y-bont). The wall paintings have been recreated to look as they would have in the 1520s.
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| Sheep at St Fagans |
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| Farmhouse |
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| Workmen's Institute |
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| Longhouse |
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| Cottage |
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| Walking at St Fagans |
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| A Tudor door |
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| St Teilo's |
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| St Teilo's |
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| St Teilo's |
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| Aquamanile and drinking horn |
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| Reconstructed Stone Age huts |
I actually enjoyed visiting the little town of Chepstow in Wales more than Cardiff (there's no more Doctor Who Experience!). From Chepstow, I took a bus to Tintern Abbey. As part of the conservation work in the early 1900s, they stripped the ivy and other plants growing on the structure. So in modern times, the abbey doesn't look quite so romantic as it did when Wordsworth composed his poem. I had a picnic lunch listening to spring birdsong. Here is a sample of what it sounded like: Tintern Abbey.
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| Tintern Abbey |
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| Tintern Abbey |
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| Tintern Abbey |
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| Tintern Abbey |
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| Fish carving on the wall at Tintern Abbey |
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| Tintern Abbey |
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| Chepstow Castle |
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| Knitting pattern treasure trove from Chepstow |
Thank you for reading! Next stop London!
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