On Thursday 28th January we visited Cardiff as part
of our ‘Wonderful Wales’ topic. We drove around the City looking at all the
important landmarks and ate our lunch in Cardiff Bay.
We had a tour around the Principality Stadium which was
great! We met Ryan Jones, who was
filming in the stadium, and he had a photograph with the class. We went into the ‘Press Room’, which was
named after Ray Gravell, before going into the home and away changing
rooms. We saw some of the Welsh rugby
and football jerseys hanging up. A few
of the names we recognised were Sam Warburton, Dan Biggar, Aaron Ramsey and
Gareth Bale.
Afterwards we walked through the tunnel the players run out from. We climbed steps to reach the very top of the stadium and we also sat in the very best seats where the Queen and other special guests sit. These were very comfortable and there was an excellent view of the pitch. We learned that birds of prey are used to stop other birds nesting in the roof. They borrow Harris Hawks from Cardiff Castle to scare off the pigeons!
Our tour guide was very pleased that we asked lots of sensible questions and we were very well behaved.
