Friday 26 April 2013

Cardiff Part 1

A couple of days ago was the Cardiff University Open Day.  

For me this meant waking up at the crack of dawn with 2 alarm clocks & travelling across England & Wales to get there before 9AM. (You can see it meant a lot to me!) I arrived at the station on time, just as the sun had risen, along with the many communters who were waiting for their trains.


Two trains, 3 hours & a playlist later, I arrived at Cardiff Central train station. 

Before long, I was finding my way around different talks and presentations which were really informative (I soo recommend them to any prospective students).



The course I was interested in was Architecture.

 I had a look around the workshops & its so interesting to see how creative the students are with their work and models. One of my favourite aspects of the course was their style of presenting their work. You can clearly see the thought processes and inspirations each student had - its inspiring!



Once the talks & tours were finished, I bought myself a light lunch (sushi of course!) & picnicked in one of the most beautiful parks. Flowers and blossom filled the space & it was a perfect (although slightly chilly) lunch.



I say 'chilly' but compared to previous weather, we're practically in summer, so I decided to get my favourite shoes out - say hello to my beloved Toms!


I then met with M & we made our way into the inner city for a slightly warmer addition to lunch & I picked this delicious looking thing!


On the other hand, M picked this beast of a sandwich. I was a teeny bit jealous...



We then hit the the city centre. I adore Cardiff's city centre, it looks so pretty, has the perfect shops & so many of them!

When I say 'perfect shops', I am not kidding. My all time favourite was there. And here is a sneak peak of it before part 2...


P.s. I think I am in love with these scalloped shorts & stripes...

25 comments:

  1. My friend went to the same open day! I've never been to Cardiff before but it looks nice from your pictures. Good luck with applying to university!

    Louisa's Notebook

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    1. Thanks Louisa! I hope she liked it too, it was a really nice place, first time I've ever been therexx

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  2. Looks like you had fun! Despite that really long trip, haha.

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  3. I love love love Cardiff! Unfortunately the uni don't do the course I was applying for. But the city is beautiful, definitely one of my favourites.
    Good luck with your uni application.
    H x

    ginger-jabber.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Thank you Holly, I love the place too!xx

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  4. cardiff is my all time favourite city- i love it! and you've totally sent me into a panic now that i should be looking at universities haha xx

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    1. Haha don't worry this open day was just one of the super early ones, the rest are in July time I thinkxx

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  5. You take some beautiful photos! What camera do you use? Very cute blog :)

    Helena
    xoxo

    http://confessions-of-an-english-student.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Thanks Helena! I use a Finepix F500 EXR. Basically its a digital compactxx

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  6. Haha I know what you mean about it not being warm but compared to before it is indeed basically summer! As soon as there is a hint of sunshine I bring out the shorts - and those scalloped ones are adorable!

    Teffy

    teffysperks.blogspot.com

    Xx

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    1. Thank you Teffy, aha I love that about England, we just can't miss an opportunity!xx

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  7. sounds like you had a lot of fun (: i did interior design/architecture in college last year and it was very interesting (: x

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    1. You're so lucky that sounds like such an interesting coursexx

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  8. Yum that sushi looks so good! Weather in Holland stull sucks as well, but indeed we gotta cope with this kind of 'summer':( I love your blog by the way, I'm your new subbie:) xoxo

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    1. Awh thank you so much, we haven't had a proper summer in yeeeears, I'm lucky to travelxx

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  9. Those shorts are amazing, where are they from?! Love the stripes too and how yummy does the veggie sushi look?

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    1. Urban Outfitters! My all time favourite shop & thank you! I have a tiny (okay huuge) obsession with Sushixx

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  10. Great shorts! Also I'm sooo jealous of M's sandwich. It's 2am now and I'm kind of tempted to make a beastly one myself x

    Blog | Cocochic
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    1. Ooh sounds like the perfect midnight treat!xx

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  11. I love those scalloped shorts, too! What a nice trip!

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    1. Aren't they just the cutest, if only I had the money...xx

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  12. its so fun to see the world in someone elses eyes, i live in the u.s. i often set like....4 alarms when i need to wake up for something special, like a holiday.

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    1. Wow 4 alarms! Normally I wake up naturally at 7 on the dot, but they really come in useful for unnatural times like for Cardiff. I love seeing other people's points of view tooxx

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