Another cheery day. . . This days highlights include Star Wars, Cardiff Carnival, an epic sweater, and a torrential down pour. 

The goal of the day was to enjoy Cardiff Carnival. I am going to use the term carnival loosely, however, because really it was a small parade with a few events. No rides, or special foods, or even special vendors were present for this so called "big event". It was a fun event but not quite what was expected. 

While wandering around we came across these lovely vespa scooters. They are at the same cafe every Saturday. One of them happened to be covered in Star Wars stickers and images. When I squealed with glee the owner told me I absolutely had to sit on it. I argued with him and finally caved. It was a good life choice. 

After this or maybe it was before this (my memory is fuzzy on the chronological order of things) we went to the Cardiff Story put on by the travel center. In it there were art displays. One artist did portraits using different media and I found it particularly fascinating and amusing in some cases. He painted a model using tanning lotion. I love the statement made.

Finally did some shopping. . . I am on the search for the perfect sweater. This was the day I came close to finding it. It was soft and giant. But for some reason I have decided that a sweater like that needs to be mustard and it was cream thus not perfect but oh so close. 

The shopping was designed to kill time for the parade. During the waiting some food was purchased and other things. All carried in a paper bag. Why does the bag matter you ask? Because it started to rain right before the parade. And I do not mean sprinkle. I mean fatty drops falling from the sky and an unnatural angle pouring down rain. The rain came down and of course I stood out in the middle of it with no umbrella with a giant smile on my face while snapping blurry photos with a broken camera. 

The smiles left though on the trip home. . . That paper bag disintegrated into mush. First the handles fell off then the sides caved in. It was a miracle the food made it back to the flat. Some of it was even still sort of dry.