Cardiff Continued...

My Son and I were up early to see more of Cardiff before our respective trains - surprising how busy the city was for a Sunday, with Cafe Bars already set up for first customers of the day!

We wandered and came across the most lovely formal garden, made informal by the thousands of nodding tulips.

For lunch we headed to The Cosy Club - & oh my was it cosy - so cosy we stayed most of the afternoon sharing a battered old leather sofa with cushions to put where the seats were sinking!
It feels so lovely to go with my Son, eat and chat away so easily in gorgeous surroundings. Love my Big Boy's company so much!

Stripped pale wood floors, cushions and sumptuous velvet jewel coloured stools - just gorgeous! 



Clusters of tassled light shades in brocade hanging from the industrial ceiling.



More tassels and just look at that Victoriana mustard!

You know from the minute you walk into the lobby that you are heading somewhere special...old pieces of wood, doors and furniture painted in those lovely bright  jewelled tones panel the walls.

When I checked the link tonight I also discovered The Cosy Club is a chain with Bar's in Bath, Taunton, Salisbury, Stamford & Exeter! Wish there was one in Manchester! 

So Long! X

Weekend in Cardiff

Last weekend I enjoyed a flying visit to Cardiff - my Big Boy L was delivering a lecture at University of Cardiff *proud*

A City I knew nothing about beyond titbits I'd gleaned from one of my favourite blogs The Littlest Things.

Whilst L was at the University I wandered to my hearts content, listening to the Welsh conversations happening all around. I didn't realise the Welsh language was so widely used and it was fascinating to listen - especially coming from a Welsh Mother.

I was fascinated by the walls surrounding Cardiff Castle & Bute Park with it's stone carved animals, intricately worked, the flags of many Country's flying high, wide open on the breeze. It was fun to find the animals with the glass eyes - these being the original animals, completed in 1892. Six animals had to be added when the wall was extended at the end of WW1. The poor anteater has had to have his long nose repaired on more than one occasion! Cardiff Animal Wall

Original glass eyes!

 Love to see flag's flying in the breeze!

 

I found a gorgeous little coffee house down one of the many old alley ways (The Royal Arcade) called Velvet Ice. It housed an old fashioned bright red coffee maker and delivered cream tea and cupcakes in polka dot everything!

Sprinkle's & fairydust to add to Velvet Ice's speciality cupcakes *cute*







How cool is this?

Ok, enough....this blog is very much a work in process, not only am I learning how to blog but working from a new laptop! Back with some more Cardiff snippets tomorrow with THE coolest place for a leisurely afternoon EVER! 



Night, X