Cardiff 2015 and a little bit of Galifrey

We arrived at a time of Graduation in Cardiff, so it was full of students in gowns with there doting parents in tow, and a sense of hope for the future. My son Harry spent a couple of years here and certainly praised the city and I can see why. It has achieved what many other City's have not, particularly Coventry. The city architects have actually not forgotten there valued past and they have managed in my opinion to blend the old with the new, and its worthy of praise. Its not just the light itself, which brightens Cardiff's vistas, they can blend in angular bold architectural statements next to red brick Victorian buildings, and not just that,they chose interesting colours in the newer constructs that work well in the environment. We sat in 'The Duke of Wellington Pub' and you can look out of there window to a crossroads of buildings and be impressed. The following day we visited Cardiff's wonderful Castle, of which this is a superb example of motte and bailey, with a Keep, elements of Roman fortifications and a Gothic Pile all in one, excellent value for money and highly recommended. You will not be disappointed.
                                              It was more of a challenge to find a good 'cosy' restaurant for two however. Some of the places were more family orientated, and with MSG type buffets, others were physically constricted by its building like 'Bella Italia', which had no choice but to serve as a runway as it was one long rectangular construct. Eventually we found 'Pierre Le Bistro' a little more pricey yes, but worth it. The food was indeed typically French, and the styling was built to show exactly that, and frankly I enjoyed it. I was a more adult environment and clearly popular, Jeanette taught me about certain aspects of french cuisine, and I could taste the flavours in the starters and main  course ( we both opted for Fish ) and the lemon tart just jumped out at me!. I will put a review in 'Porky and Bess' on Facebook.
                                                         Over the following day we visited the Bay on a number Six bus as Jeanette can not read a Map for her life! ( an interesting GWR frontage to the train station by the way ) and indulged myself in the Dr Who exhibition,  you may know by now that my views on 'Capaldis' first season have been very critical, interestingly enough Jeanette pointed out that the promo film that he did at he exhibition is exactly as he should play it!, and she was right!!, it was pleasantly minus the irritating Clara. It is a wonderful treat for fans, I had a Canadian father with excited family in tow correcting my error in 'Dalek' chronology while we waited to enter. A lot of props are indeed repro, but some are genuine, I believe Bessie was, along with the large imposing Baker Robot and some of the sonic screwdrivers. It is perfectly designed for the very young students of Galifrey and we highly recommend it you all.