Our first field trip with our orientation program was to the Big Pit and Cardiff. The Big Pit is an old coal mine about 45 mins outside of Cardiff. When we got there, it was really cold and snowy, unlike the nice day we left in Swansea. We were given headlamps and battery packs and descended 300 ft below ground into the mine shafts. It was a little depressing walking around down there because it seemed like every time we stopped for the guide to tell us about something it was about how people died down there. It was really cool to see the system and how everything worked. There were even horse stables underground where they kept the horses that pulled the carts once they were banned from having children do the job.
There was a really cool gift shop there too. There are stands in stores with peoples last names on things like we have all over the place in the US with first names. I got a cool keychain that says Webster with our family crest on it. I also got a flask with a welsh dragon on it...really cool!
The Big Pit coal mine near Cardiff
Ready to go underground into the Big Pit
Our next stop of the day was in Cardiff. We got dropped off out side of the Welsh National Museum which had free entrance, so we walked through there for a while. Cardiff was a beautiful city. We walked around for a while and decided to try and find the castle. We followed signs that pointed to where it was supposed to be and we ended up walking down a very busy street of shops. All of the sudden, the shops ended and there was a castle. It was really cool how the town was built around the castle. We decided not to pay to go into the castle and save that for another day when we could come back and spend more time there. Instead we kept walking and found Millennium Stadium, where the Welsh national football and rugby teams play. I can't wait to take a weekend and go back to Cardiff to explore it some more!
Millenium Stadium in Cardiff
No comments:
Post a Comment