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Eva Buettner

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Mar 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/26/00

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Hi!
I'm from Germany and coming to
visit Wales this summer. I'll
be staying around Brigend for
a week. Of course I've got an
official guide book of things
to see, but I bet there are
many more interesting things
than those run-of -the-mil
tourist attractions.
I'm interested in history,
churches and all things that
really give an insight into
welsh living.
Anybody know something I
shouldn't miss?
Thanks,
Eva

Seneca

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Mar 26, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/26/00

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Try the Big Pit in Blaenavon (coalmine). :)

It's no more than an hours drive from Bridgend.
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Nicholas Berry

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Mar 27, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/27/00

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Eva Buettner <EBue...@t-online.de> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> I'm from Germany and coming to
> visit Wales this summer. I'll
> be staying around Brigend for
> a week. Of course I've got an
> official guide book of things
> to see, but I bet there are
> many more interesting things
> than those run-of -the-mil
> tourist attractions.
> I'm interested in history,
> churches and all things that
> really give an insight into
> welsh living.
> Anybody know something I
> shouldn't miss?
> Thanks,
> Eva
>

Probably best to visit Cardiff and go to some night-clubs. I doubt if
Churches really show how most people really live. Saying that having visited
Llandaff Cathedral the other week (which is in Cardiff) I found it an
interesting and strangely surreal place. Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch are
also interesting though baring in mind the Marquise of Bute was obsessed
with Germanic Gothic architecture and they wouldn't look out of place "am
Rhein" I'm not sure if you'll find them typically Welsh.

Wiedersehen
Nick
Ps; Schaedlich mein deutsch ist nicht wie gut als dein englisch :)
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Eva Buettner

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Mar 27, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/27/00

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Thank you for the prompt reply to my message. Actually, I'm not much of a night
club person, but maybe I'll give it a try!
Eva

Eva Buettner

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Mar 27, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/27/00

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Thanks for the info! Sounds like fun, I'll try it!
Eva

klusterfuk

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Mar 28, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/28/00

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In article <38DF4FD4...@t-online.de>, Eva Buettner <EBuettner@t-
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Bev

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Mar 28, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/28/00

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Darren Wyn Rees <mer...@netlink.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> In uk.local.south-wales on Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:09:35 +0200,
> Eva Buettner <EBue...@t-online.de> wrote
> in <38DF4F7F...@t-online.de>:

>
> > Thank you for the prompt reply to my message. Actually, I'm not much of
a
> > night club person, but maybe I'll give it a try! Eva
>

> If you are in South Wales in the first week of August,
> have you considered the National Eisteddfod ?
>
> Date: August 5 - 12, 2000
> More info, see Imaginot's http://www.eisteddfod.org.uk
>
> There is a great variety of events and things-to-do
> at the Eisteddfod.
>
Then there's Llancaiach Fawr Manor House, Nelson...Rhondda Heritage Park,
Porth... The Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans...Techniquest Science, Cardiff
Bay (OK - not particularly Welsh heritage, but fun anyway!)
I would imagine all the above are mentioned in your guidebooks Eva.

Bev
(back on the desktop cos now the laptop has been rendered completely
unuseable)

Eva Buettner

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Mar 29, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/29/00

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Thank you, Bev!Got it all written down and hopefully will be able to visit it
all!
Eva