Hangover.... again

Today we are extremely tired. We had a great time yesterday. The match was so much fun and we loved the guys. Unfortunately we missed breakfast, again... We woke up at lunch time and were so hungry. I thought I could eat a cow! After lunch we slept a couple hours, before we tried to find out what to do. Despite the fact that we had this giant hangover, we decided to go to a museum. The choice was pretty easy, we went to "The National Museum of Cardiff".

The museum was open until 7 pm, so we had plenty of time. We decided to do some research on "St Teilo's Church and the Story of the Murals." Listen up: Did you know that in the early 1980s patches of color were noticed showing through the plaster on the interior walls. These turned out to be amazing medieval wall paintings. And that layers of limewash were scraped away using doctors’ scalpels. The paintings were layered one on top of another. To uncover the lower layers and oldest paintings, the top layers had to be destroyed. Examples of the oldest paintings are very rare in Wales, so it was decided to save these. Every layer was recorded and photographed.

We thought that this was very interesting and we wanted to show you guys a picture of this paintings:

This is a picture of Christ in majesty, or as King of the earth. The Tudor roses on either side of the throne suggest that the painter was trying to link Henry Tudor’s family to God and Jesus Christ. People believed that the King’s power was God-given in Tudor times.

I can't believe that these images were painted in the Middle Ages! Let me tell you how they managed to paint these pretty paintings.The design was traced onto a plaster and the walls were sprinkled with water before being painted. Artists used organic binding materials such as buttermilk, egg yolk or linseed oil to make the paint.

Pretty cool, huh?

After the visit at the museum, we went to a cafè, took a cup of coffee and headed back to the hotel. Which by the way is awesome! The luxurious interior, the pleasant fragrance and the quiet atmosphere is just unbelievable. Maybe we can take one tiny look on the massage room again before bedtime?

.......................I want a massage!

- Siv-Eline