Wales

I went to Wales this week! Wales is one of the countries that make up the U.K. We were staying in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Cardiff has many places to sightsee including Millennium Stadium, the stadium the 2011 World Rugby Cup was played, and Cardiff Castle which has been many things including a bomb shelter which held thousands of people. We got to Cardiff late so we went to a hotel to spend the night. In the morning we were out and about all over Cardiff. We saw a lot of sculptures. One of them looked like a huge dagger. All of a sudden we saw lots of flags in the sky. As we got closer we saw it was Cardiff Castle. On the top of Cardiff Castle there is a line of flags all the way around the outer wall of the castle. The flags represent the home countries of people from all over the world that come to visit. We rushed inside the castle with excitement. As we walked through the castle walls we saw small holes called loopholes. These were used by archers to shoot down enemies. As we walked through one part of the wall I learned that up to 1,800 people would be cramped up inside the walls hoping to live. The people could not turn on any lights in fear of the Germans seeing them. We walked up to the battlements, the top of the castle wall, and we could see a long way. After taking pictures from atop the battlement, we walked to the middle of the castle grounds. There was a big moat around a small fort looking thing that is called a Keep. We found out it probably would have held the king or somebody considered special. The Keep was built by the Norman Invaders in about 1081. After going to the castle we stopped by Millennium Stadium. It was huge! Millennium Stadium can hold more than 70,000 people. It was amazing. Cardiff is a great city.