Eggbert's Travels

Monday 6^th July 2015

SHE SAID:

Another cultural day today. This time we went to the St. Fagan's Welsh National History Museum. The owner of St. Fagan's Castle gave his property & lands to the Welsh people, so that a “living” museum could be built there for everyone.

There are heaps of old farmhouses, shops, churches & other buildings there that have been moved from their original sites & rebuilt in a village type setting.

Next we went to Barry, a seaside “resort” south of Cardiff, where we had fish & chips overlooking the beach, though it wasn't the weather for the beach!!!

 

Oakdale Workman's Institute

Tannery

St. Teilo's Church

Inside the church

Abernoddwydd Farmhouse

The gardens of St Fagan's Castle

St Fagan's Castle- really more of a stately home

Stryd Lydan Barn

HE SAID:

I picked up a book on learning Welsh last night. It started off by stating that Welsh was phonetic so I put it away. If ever there was a language that was NOT phonetic it is Welsh! For example, Cardiff is Caerdydd, and the Welsh word for Wales is Cymru, pronounced Cumree. I won't bother any more.