Welsh

Like visiting Quebec, all signage in Wales is bilingual. I wasn’t expecting that. Here is an example of the language on some tea bags that were in my room. On the way to the train station my work colleague was asking the taxi driver if he spoke Welsh. He didn’t, however, he was an Irishman who has lived in Wales for thirty-seven years. This question started him on a rant about the two schools in Newport where children were taught Welsh. His opinion was that if a child was going to learn a language, they should be learning a language that would help them travel abroad, not preserve one used only locally.