mandag 27. oktober 2014

ROAD TRIP!

                                                                    Car- Audi Q7

We chose to rent Audi Q7 over the internet. We thought that was the easiest way to do it, and then we could use all the time exploring the country instead of waiting for a car. We chose Audi Q7 because it`s a nice car with large space in the trunk.



                                                                        Cardiff



The plain finally arraived Cardiff Airport at 10 a.m. after a four hours long flight. The weather was better than expected. The sun shone and it was not a cloud on the sky. It was a perfect day to visit one of Wales`s most important and beautiful parks, Roath Park. When we planned the trip at home we read a lot about it, and it seemed like a place we had to visit. The park opened i 1894, and has a wild range of habitats and animals. One part of the park was used as sports fields where you could play baseball, rugby and tennis. When we walked along the lake, birds where twittering and orange leaves were falling from the threes. It was so beautiful and relaxing beeing there in the autumn.

After some hours in Roath Park, we drove 15 minutes back to the hotel where we ate some food and went to bed.
Next morning we only managed to eat breakfast before we got in the car, and drove towards London.

                                                    Stonehenge

On our second day of the tour we drove from Cardiff to Stonehenge. There we had a stop to see the famous attraction Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a historical monument about 13 km. north west from Salisbury in Wiltshire. This monument was truly build 2000 years before Christ. The monument is one of the worlds most famous buildings. The name come from the old English word Stanhengist that means the hanging stones. 

Here is a picture of us in the front of Stonehenge. 



                                                           London

We planned to spend two days in London, one for only shopping in oxford street, and one day to look at the attractions. When we finally arrived London the second day on the trip, it was late afternoon. It was difficult to find the hotel, therefore we used more than 15 minutes searching for itThe hotel room was exclusive with a big bathroom and two big beds. This afternoon we had only time for dinner out, and we desided to watch the musical "Grease".

We woke up early next day. Non of us had ever been to London before, it was so exiting to walk down the streets. We chose to visit some of London`s most famous attractions by our selves, not with a guide. First vi walked all the way from our hotel to Madame Tussaud, which is a museum full of dolls made of  wax. The dolls are famous people from all over the world, and the museum are divided into different parts such as: sport, film, royals, music, world leaders, super heroes and so on,,,

Couples of hours later we walk from Madame Tussaud to the next attraction, which was the Buckingham Palace. The Buckingham Palace was orginally built in 1705 for the Duke of Buchingham, but today the palace is used  as ceremonial and official occasions for the Royal Family.We only saw the ceremony called Guard Mounting in front of the  palace. The ceremony involve a new guard exchanging duty with the old guard. It was really funny to see how fast they did it.
Red double decker buses and cabs drove past us down the street all the time. So we thought that when we first are in London we had to take a double decker bus to see the London Eye and the Big Ben.

The rest of the evneing we spent on the hotel room and we went to bed early.
Day number 4. was used to shopping in oxford street. Shops like forever 21., Primark and Zara were shops that we don`t have in Norway. We used A LOT of money that day.



                                                       Liverpool

The fifth day we drove from London to Liverpool. We started to drive from London at 11 a.m. We drove fore two and a half hour to Birmingham where we stopped to eat. Here we ate some fish and chips. When we was finish we sat into the the car and started to drive in the direction Liverpool. When we arrived Liverpool after 2 hours we checked in at the hotel "The Nadler Liverpool". We spend the night looking around in the town and eat. When we woke up the next day we went down to eat some breakfast before we went out shopping. When it went afternoon we went back to the hotel to do ready fore the football match and conducted tour at Anfield. Liverpool was going to play against Swansea.The football match was amazing and Liverpool won 4-3 and the conducted tour was so cool. After a long night with football we went back to the hotel to get some sleep before we were going to fly back to Norway the next morning. Day 6 started early at 6 a.m. We stand up and eat some breakfast before we drove to the airport and delivered the car and took the plain home.




                             


Sources
- https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident/Leisure-parks-and-culture/Parks-and-Green-Spaces/Find-a-park/Our-parks/Pages/Roath-Park.aspx
- http://www.madametussauds.com/London/PlanYourVisit/Explore/Default.aspx
- http://www.tourist-information-uk.com/changing-the-guard.htm



                                                   - MELISSA & ÅSNE 

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