Of Cheese and Sheep Impressions

Woke up and had brekkie, meandered into town and looked around Cardiff. A note about brekkie, we were asked did we hear the fight, I had although Patrick seemed to have slept through it. Apparently two guys were at it and ended up bottling some chick, who rather than going to the hospital wanted to go after another chick. We considered moving.

Weirdly I found the cheese stall and purchased some Welsh strong Chedder and a Welsh mustard and ale cheese. Both were great. The Chedder was stunning.

Headed to the Welsh Museum which had a wonderful display on the evolution of Wales, beginning from the establishment of the planet. It went through how various rocks were formed and when, and how this affected what eventually became Wales. Included were examples of animals present in this area of the world, and the evolution that occurred within them too. All very interesting from my perspective.

But the unexpected highlight was a display focussing on a couple of major benefactors of the Welsh museum, the Davis sisters. Their family made money from setting up the coalmines etc, and then the kids (including the sisters) continued to run things. They also had a strong philothanopic streak. And also they began to collect art, particularly the impressionists. I like the impressionists a lot. So i spent many hours looking at Monet, Manet, Rodin, Renoir, Millet, Daumier, Carriere in addition to Constable etc.

After an afternoon tea and a pint we ambled home and are having a quiet evening. Watched a fascinating a doco on Buster Keaton and am reading the paper at the moment. Quiet is good. Although there is a disco in the pub downstairs.