It's easy to start taking things for granted--my brain is so easily dulled to grandeur.
I'm glad I have emails from people back home to help jostle my brain back into wonderment about my common life here.
For a day field trip, my British culture class took us to Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Here is a bit of the city.
We spent the morning exploring Cardiff Castle. This is the keep.
It was a long, steep climb to the top. Here's the cityward view.
A courtyard inside the keep.
Cardiff Castle was built by Norman invaders in the 11th century on top of Roman ruins and has since had work done on it by many people. The only part of the original Roman wall left is the portion below the red brick.
There was so much more to Cardiff Castle, but this gives you a taste.
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Goodness I looooooove the peek out the rocky window! What a brilliant photo! I can feel the mood of the castle through your pics.
ReplyDeleteI know! Isn't it fairytale-like? Castleness is zooming to you shwshwhwhwhwhshshsw
Deletelovely!! uh oh... are you letting grand surroundings become common to your eyes?? Actually, it is a phenomenon that you can't avoid! When you first see it, you are in grandose awe, but after a while, the place is just a place you are at- amazing, yet normal at the same time. That's what happened with all the places I went to- like even like the grand colloseum and such- when i first went there- totally amazing- but after spending a couple hours, then it's normal (though every once in a while, i'd get jolts of confusion as to why I'm really at this "colloseum" I've always learned about!) I love the pictures of the climb up. Yes, these were the type of pics my belly was waiting for!
ReplyDeleteOh, poor Karn! You were famished for this kind of pic!
DeleteI'm glad you understand my common-zone. I think my brain is particularly so, but if you even felt like that at the Colloseum, then I don't feel so bad. Part of it, I think, it because (I wonder if my future understands?) when I think of these grand places, for some reason I imagine that when I'm there *I* will feel like a different me. But I don't, I just feel like normal me, so the grandness isn't as grand. Does that make any sense at all?
yes! my michelangelo/ castle/ terrain part of my brain was starving! Yup, I think this happens to everyone- it's probably a brain survival mechanism. That if you were in utter all the entire time, it'd be too much for your brain to handle, so it calms it down for you automatically.
DeleteHahahah! You think you will be a different *you*? I partly think I understand, but surprisingly, future doesn't share this way of thought with you!
Oh, so we are different people! Aha! Good to know. I'm glad you at least sort of understand, though!
DeleteIf not for our survival mechanism, maybe people would be falling down right and left in tourist areas.
Ahh how beautiful and fun to see!!! I was waiting for these too!! :D I agree with Julie....the shot out the window is so fun!
ReplyDeleteYay! I will try to post more pics like these!
DeleteI know--I was so excited when I looked out and saw that tower from the window. There were many openings in the stone of the keep, but that was the best view.