Cardiff Stories

I highly suspect this will only be part one, as my trip is only half over. But already quite a few things that I find noteworthy have happened.

So I've gone to Cardiff for a few days, and so far the weather as been absolutely gorgeous. Cardiff really is a beautiful city.

My first little noteworthy thing isn't very exciting. I went out to dinner the other day, and I happened to sit near a person who I believe was a food critic. The only reason I payed him any attention was because, upon sitting down, the waiter came over to give each of us menus and joked "One and one - or we could make it two!" and the man at the other table joked in response with a comment about matchmakers. Then we talked for a minute. He told me about other Italian restaurants in the area he'd eaten at. And that was that. Later he took a picture of his meal.

The second event was a little . . . off-putting. As I walked about the shopping district, I noticed a pair of police officers going about. And they were carrying machine guns. Or some kind of large guns. I don't know anything about guns. Now, I don't find police walking around with such large guns comforting. And then as I was leaving, two black vans drove in the area and unloaded about a dozen or more of these police officers. I have no idea what it was about.

The last event still has left me with question. I started off my day going to Cardiff Castle, and I noticed while I was in the keep a small camera crew. Just two guys for the camera, and one man for the screen. I thought "oh, its some kind of documentary for the site. Neat." and moved on. Later I went to Bute Park and went to sit by the standing stone circle and read for a bit. When I looked up later, the same camera crew was there. Not only that, the one man was talking to a family of four. I wasn't close enough to hear what he was saying clearly, but I do know he was talking about investigations and Stonehenge.

My question about what the was doing grew because - Cardiff Castle and a stone circle. Those have nothing in common. Cardiff Castle's oldest remains are Roman; a stone circle dates to Neolithic or Bronze Age. Maybe I could buy Iron Age. But Roman? Don't make me laugh. So what were they doing? Was it a documentary on something specific, or just on Cardiff in general? Unfortunately, there wasn't a break that would let me go and ask.

I've of course done other things here in Cardiff. However those are the things I've found that make the best stories so far. I'm sure there's more in store.