We went to St. Fagan's Museum of Welsh Life, which is like no other museum in the whole world. For a start, it's outside, so there's lots of room to run about. Plus the exhibits are actual real-life buildings that have been moved here from all over Wales to show you what life was like at different times. Imagine that - moving an entire house or a church or even a school across the country brick by brick and rebuilding it exactly as it was, inside and out. The first thing we saw was called a varda - a proper old-fashioned gypsy caravan. It had the most amazing painted decorations.
This building is a Celtic roundhouse, and it's what yo uwould have lived in if you'd been in wales about 2,000 years ago. It was made out of mud and straw with a hole in the roof
I went inside and there was a big fireplace in the middle. So that's what the hole was for - to let out all the smoke! I don't think I'd have liked to live in a roundhouse. It was a bit dark and smelly and there were no windows.
This is the next oldest house at St Fagan's and it's from Tudor times, about 550 years ago. This lady was playing the flute outside. Her costume was beautiful.
This farmhouse is 500 years old. I love the curved front door. The walls are made of very thick stone, but it must have been cold in the winter because there was no glass in the windows! There was a huge log fireplace inside, though.
I liked this house best. It's a 200 year old farmhouse and it's scarlet!!
And that was my day at St. Fagan's!
Bye for now,
Lots of love,
Scarlett xxxx
