Day #71

I'M SORRY THIS IS LATE (to the few people who actually read this) I AM ALIVE AND WELL AND WAS NOT EATEN BY OUR COUCHSURFING HOSTS. I was just so tired last night that I fell asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow! So here's what happened:

We set out yesterday morning for the Doctor Who Experience! We now appreciate how close our hosts are to the center of Cardiff- we walked about 10 minutes to the train station, paid an extremely low price for the train, and after a 3 minute train ride we were at the Bay!

After seeing Baltimore and Boston's inner harbors, Cardiff's bay was actually pretty small, but still adorable. And then we got there- the Doctor Who Experience.

The entire experience included a hands-on trip through time and space with The Doctor, the exhibition where they had many original props and costumes worn by the cast, and the gift shop. I will admit that I was a tad underwhelmed by the gift  shop, but the rest was absolutely incredible. I won't spoil it for those of you who want to eventually go someday, but it is definitely worth every pent (pence? What's the singular form of pence?)

I saw some weeping angles and DIDN'T BLINK

Ran away in the tardis

And met a zygone! (Yes these are real creatures that someone actually thought up and they decided to use)

We took the train back to Queen's Street closer to where we're staying) and window shopped for a while before going to get pizza and donuts with one of our couchsurfing hosts. To top off our night, we got ourselves in the Christmas season by watching Love Actually, a personal favorite, before conking out. A fabulous day filled with lots of fabulous things! 

...oh yeah, and remember that time we were robbed at a travel lodge hotel? Look what we found in Cardiff:

It will haunt us forever more.