Cardiff

It has been over 2 years since we have seen a live game of Rugby so when the opportunity came up to see the Wallabies v Wales at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, we grabbed it. Cardiff is only 2 1/2 hours away by train, which made it a nice day trip.

Last time we were there we didn't see the Castle so decided to make that the activity for the morning before the 2:30pm Rugby kick-off. Sadly, we had just finished our gudied tour of the Castle House when we were evacuated off the grounds because there was a suspicious looking gentlemen around. Not happy, as the gentleman was already in police custody (and there were quite a few of them still around) and we still hadn't seen any of the grounds or used our little audio guides.

The Norman Keep (this was as close as we got)

Part of the Castle Wall leading into the house

After an early lunch and a quick walk along the river we headed into the stadium to find our seats. Needed every minute as we were in the back row of the top tier. Very high up, glad I took my glasses as the players did look a little like ants. The roof was still open though, which we didn't understand because it was only 2 degrees.

Welsh team arriving at Stadium

View from our seats

Steve in our seats, and I am still standing in the top tier as well

Couldn't resist getting a little Wallaby on my cheek

The pre-match entertainment was very different to Australia. A welsh choir and marching band which sounded amazing, especially when the crowd joined in. The roof was finally closed when play started, but the temperature didn't warm up any. Hat, gloves, and coats all stayed on and we wished for thicker socks. Sadly the game didn't go our way but was very exciting to watch.

Sorry there aren't more photos but we didn't take the proper camera and my phone ran out of memory.

As we stood in the dark waiting to catch the train back to London, in near zero temperatures we were just glad it wasn't raining as well!