American Reacts to AWESOME Things to do in Cardiff, Wales 

Yeah part of brythonic family of languages welsh turns out it was widely spoken outside of wales some people think Dinogads pais an old lullaby from 7th century is possibly Cumbrian

I'm from Cardiff and this made me Giggle

English/Norman's banned the language for 400 years yet it is still around 😀

Mae cymru yn am byth

Welsh is around 4000 years old

Bara Brith with butter 😋

Mmmmmmm bara brith 😋

They taste a cross between cabbage and spring onion with light garlicky notes.

Love the sheep comment. ha ha

I wished they had shown the lovely architectural features of City Hall and the museum, and all the other buildings in the area and Roath Park

Yes. I mentioned that also. Cardiff's Civic Centre/Cathays Park is beyond stunning @@juliajoyce4535

I think you need a Cwtch lol.

Da iawn am dysgu gymraeg! Gweld ti wedyn yn Gymru! 😊

😂 good luck with that, it’s rare to find anyone who still speaks Welsh 😂

@@cececox6399There are Welsh speakers all over West and North Wales

Yeah when I as a Swede think of a bagel, that topping is the first I think of!

I was quite amazed by that too! And like are Swedish friend here (@Em B), as soon as I hear the word bagel, I immediately want one with cream cheese and salmon... 😃

If you're from north Wales, you're known as a Gogs, only South Wales is Taffy. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Taffy is actually a variant on the common Welsh name David/Davy ("Dafydd" in Welsh). An early 18th century dictionary says: "Welch-men are called Taffies from the Corruption of the word David", and St David's Day was sometimes referred to as "St Taffy's Day" many centuries ago.

It isn’t. Cardiff was used by the Welsh as it’s capital as far back the 1st century CE. It only gained recognition as such from the outside world in 1955.

@@WalesTheTrueBritons I don't want to debate, as this isn't the proper forum. But Tamion (today's Caerdydd) was a Roman fort of lesser import than Isca (today's Caerleon) which was a legionary fort. The Silures had Isca, or Venta Silurum, as their capital. Of course Wales wasn't a unified principality back then. The biggest unit was Gwynedd from the time of Cadwaladr in the 6th century. The kings of Gwynedd moved their capital about, from Caer (Chester) to Deganwy, Llanfaes, Aberfraw, Rhuddlan, and ending up at Abergwyngregyn in the 13th century. They were then conquered by the Norman king Edward and he set up his centre of occupying government at Caernarfon (Roman name Segontium) because of the legend that Elen (an early Christian saint) had been born there, and was the mother of Macsen Wledig (Magnus Maximus) who was the Britano-Roman Emperor of Britain, Gaul (France), and Spain in the 4th century. It was this imperial mythology which led Edward to have his architects design Caernarfon's massive walls in the same way,(using alternate coloured stone) as were the walls of Constantinople (Istanbul). Constantinus the Emperor, after whom Cair Segeint (Segontium) was named was said to be the father of Constantine the Great. Edward wanted to placate the locals by seeming to legitimate their double claim to being the home of emperors. In 1955, the principal reason given by the UK government for choosing Caerdydd over Caernarfon as capital wasn't history, but that the former was much larger (then 260,000 compared to 10,000), was in the centre of by far the most populous region of Wales, and had been the London government's chief administrative centre in Wales for almost 200 years. QED. Thanks for making me think.

Soom will visit wales seen even Cardiif Studim nut the side of Bristol going past Conwell

@@WalesTheTrueBritons Bede yes

I agree. Furthermore, this had the same meaning in America It then was strictly referred to as Penny arcades (such as in Atlantic City) where people would walk up and down looking for various amusements. It wasn't until the 1970's-1980's that it applied to video arcades but for most Americans, this is now the only meaning they're familiar with.

It is also Haunted so I hear, I been meaning on planning a night out on my bike around the Cathedral, See if I can find any spirits, lol.... I think they do a ghost tour don't they?? Stunning place, Amen to your dad, Would be an honour to restore such a stunning building, Wasn't the stained glass removed during the blitz for safe keeping?

Damn, I was going to say this, beat me to it 😆

They were also built unevenly to get attackers who were unfamiliar with them to trip over.

Yes, most cities in the UK have Victorian shopping arcades - they were the original 'malls'.

Thanks for that erotokritos moraitis, good job!

That’s how we get you! Hahahaha

Got me for the same reason, though it was the architecture and 2 fascinating uni departments that lured me in and it was only 30 years ago. Best choice I've ever made.

Me too a few years ago, the Education FAculty on the lovely Senghenydd Road at the back of the once Student Union. The CATHAYS PARK area in which the main university building is situated is stunning. I used to walk to CATHAYS PARK every day via Cardiff Castle (and loved the wall with the different animals peeking over) and Queen St. What a great place to study in. It was also nice to take the local train from Queen St. Station to Caerfilli and back.

I couldn’t agree with you more. St Fagans is a fabulous place to visit a are more than once.

Learning from history seems to be something seldom done, certainly over the mistakes made in the past, often repeated now but that's looking back with hindsight as they weren't seen as mistakes at the time. It's repeating the same experiment and expecting a different result.

Well it's not multicultural it's just being invaded and destroyed.

@@leestirling4623 I've Lived here all my life and Cardiff docks is where my great grandfather docked as a sailor and set roots in Tudor St where he met my Irish great grandmother. My grandfather met my grandmother who was Italian. There's a few cultures to be starting with. Sorry you see things different, I Know what you're saying but we are still a multicultural city none the less. Not everything is negative, Cardiff is a great place visit.

Not so sweet now though are you?. Right mess your country is in.

@@samibear8499 Sounds great! Thank you so much for clarifying

My daughter went to uni in Cardiff - that was 15 years ago, and she still lives there (in Rhwbina) I don't think her and her husband will ever move back to England as they love where they live. So I now have Welsh grandchildren 😀

The Gentleman that wrote the words to Calon Lan was called Daniel James. He was from Treboeth in Swansea and is buried in Caersalem Chapel which is in Treboeth. About 2 miles from my home.

@@lianie4606 just realised that's why they named the school Daniel James 🙈

@@deborahhall5610 I only realised that recently too! 😄

that's so true

I love that Llandaff is its own city, but is entirely surrounded by Cardiff

I'm pretty sure they're not twins, he said in another video that it was a joke derived from people saying they look alike in the comments section. Unless this is a double bluff...???!

i loved going there but it shut down in around febuary this year 😢

I wondered the same.