Supercalifradgalisticexpi...Oh, I Give Up!

As a little treat, Andrew and I went to see Mary Poppins playing in Cardiff. Now, you may ask, 'Why Cardiff?" Well, cause that is where it was playing. It was a simple 3 hour bus ride from London (with the appropriate amount of pick n' mix to snack upon) and then a short treck out to our Bed and Breakfast. Here's the thing: there was a large and very important match going on, so most of the best places were booked up. According to the booking info we should have been at a lovely three star B&B. It was however, barely passable as a one star. Andrew may still cringe at this, but I try and laugh it off as it was only one night. The place was clean but the linen was very thin. The springs on one of our twin beds (yes, some double rooms have twin beds) stuck through the mattress and there were lip stains on the glasses in the bathroom. Definately one of the worst B&B's I have ever been to and anyone who rated it otherwise must have been severely drunk or high.

Luckily it was a lovely day so we went on a little walk around Cardiff. We went to the Red Dragon centre right near the Millenium Theatre where the show would be. There was a bowling alley, a Dr. Who exhibition and several restaurants. We decided on the one that was advertising 2 for 1 fajitas as it had been FOREVER since we had had some. Sitting down to our meal we are greated by a distinctly North American accent. The young man is originally from the U.S but has lived in the U.K for a long time and is wondering what on earth we are doing in Cardiff. Chatting ensues along with the most lovely fajitas I have seen. Bliss. On to walking around the pier and then into the theatre. Cool theatre. One of the best I have ever been into and the seats were perfect. Everything was built with a strong incline so that no matter where you sat you didn't have to worry about some really tall guy sitting in front of you and blocking your view. Right cracking good show, with some amazing special effects and set pieces. I missed the full story line of the Disney film as well as some of the songs that were cut (I love to laugh, sister suffragette) but all in all a good show. Also very cool was that everything was written out in both english and welsh.

The next day we went bowling and I lost amazingly to Andrew. (Several of my balls went into the gutter and I ended up having the gutter ramp put up as by gum i was going to hit some pins! ) Then a quick look around the outside of Cardiff Castle (no time to look around) and onto our bus to go back home. Andrew and I napped most of the way after an awful sleep in the B&B and swearing that we would investigate their star system before booking elsewhere...

Happy Easter!!