其实很多旅程都是一个人,自己跟自己对话,自己问自己今天去哪里,吃什么。
我的老师家在Stroud,位于Gloucestershire,交通便捷,无论是去伦敦方向还是其他地方都很方便。尤其是距离威尔士非常的近,于是课程结束我就直接从她家出发去威尔士的首府卡迪夫。不过我还是要先乘车去Reading, 我亲爱的国旗班同学和她男朋友在火车站等着我,我把大的行李箱交给他们,接过他们为我买的食物,就背着我的jansport去乘开往Cardiff的火车了。
路程不长,非常喜欢听列车员报站的声音,或者说,最喜欢的是斯旺西的英文单词,Swansea. 英国人的发音饱满而规整,非常喜欢。但是Swansea是最后一站,Cardiff在它前面。天气阴暗,火车道旁的景色也并不美丽。大家都说威尔士是相对比较贫穷的,我也就要去一探究竟了。
到达Cardiff时天有要下雨的态势。Cardiff不大,火车站简直还没有中国一个地级市的火车站大呢。在门口的地图上搞清方位,就奔着青年旅社去了。
这个青年旅馆,是我住过的最好的青年旅馆,没有之一。我要把它推荐给所有的人。叫做Riverside House的青年旅馆位于国家体育场的对面,也就是那条河对岸。
The Riverside House in Cardiff, Wales, is the best hostel I’ve stayed. No one can beat it in my experience. It has the cleanest bathrooms and kitchen. It offers the best hostel continental breakfast, including Nutella.
Besides, the price is very reasonable!
虽然一个人在旅途,但是我发现我还是更重视吃东西和买东西(掩面)。每到一个地方,我都想法去找当地最有名地道的小吃店。当然是小吃店,大店我也去不起。买东西呢,其实通常都是window shopping, 旅行者买东西背不动就是最讨厌的了。说说到Cardiff那天,我真是饿死了,下午四五点左右,check-in之后我就去街上了,我要为明天的游览探探路。
这个城市真的很小很小。按照旅馆的美丽金发女孩的指点,穿过一条河,就不知不觉走到了著名的卡迪夫城堡。旁边就是high street. 时间已晚,路过据说不错的小店The Tea Room, 要了一份什么Rabit的套餐。。但是跟兔子没有关系。。
In Cardiff, I like…
The National Gallery
It has one of the best collections of Imprissionism in Europe! Monet! and my favourite Renoir! I bought a wedding card in the gift shop for my friend who is going to merry in September, 2012.
St. Fagans Museum
It’s an open-air museum. When I visited St. Fagans, it’s raining so there were just a few visitors. But it is better! I could enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. St. Fagans is more amazing than I expect! There are a lot of unique building moved from other places in Wales. It seems I was walking in the good old days. Look! The candy shop is open! I even visited a ‘smith’ working in a stone house and doing his work. From the ancient farmer’s life to the miner’s life, St. Fagans tells me rich history about Wales.
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay looks more beautiful in the night because of the beautiful lights of the Millennium. I went there in the daytime. Fortunately, the sky is clean and it is a nice day.
I asked a girl to take a picture for me
