Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Cardiff


where is the welsh?


National Museum


City Hall




terribly mature of me i know, snickering at this brewery name



shopping arcade


and then there's random instances of new public art-looks a bit like a colonial pin





Monday, November 29, 2010

Cardiff Castle


over 1000 years of history. (this is a Norman part)


at the base of these walls (exposed) are remains of the Roman forts that were on this site



Victorian clock tower


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Friday, November 26, 2010

St Mary's Abbey






the ruins are patchy so they laid out the church in the grass




original charter for the abbey with intact seal


the only fireplace in the monastery to get warm. this face on the corbel was to remind them not to stay too long

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

York

York is full of settling medieval buildings arching precariously over the streets, expensive touristy shops, and flooding from the river.