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| Windsor Castle |
Today was our bus tour of Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, Lacock,
and Bath. So, before I talk about the different stops along the
tour, let’s just talk about the English countryside for a minute. It’s
gorgeous. Not as green as Ireland, but England has trees. It’s so pretty.
Ok, so we started at Windsor Castle. It was a lot of fun. It
was gorgeous inside. My favorite part was the weapons. There were hundreds of
swords, rifles, and pistols everywhere. They had whole rooms devoted to them. They were
criss-crossed on the walls and in glass cases. There was even one that had 3
rings of pistols that encircled a golden unicorn head. I mean, how cool is
that?! It was super cool. They also had some blue swords. They had sapphires
all over the hilts. It was great. However, my favorite experience during
Windsor Castle was when one of the girls in our group started singing Frozen songs because
it totally fit with the castle. She sang under her breath. She wasn’t belting
it. But, she sang For the First Time in
Forever and Do You Want to Build a
Snowman? It was great. We saw this massive doll house that they had there
as well. It was amazingly intricate. Very impressive. The whole castle was
pretty impressive. We stepped into the chapel there too. There were lots of
monarchs buried there. Henry VIII was one. But, the organ pipes were gorgeous.
There were hundreds of them and they were all elaborately painted. I wish I’d
been allowed to take a picture. They were amazing and so was the woodwork
surrounding them.
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| Stonehenge! |
After that we headed off to Stonehenge. Guys, I went to
Stonehenge. Stonehenge. We hear about Stonehenge and see it in movies, but I
was actually there. It was so cool! I loved it so much! It’s not just a pile of
rocks. It’s amazing! I took so many pictures….and bought another puzzle….I need
to stop doing that. But, the whole experience there was awesome!
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| A house in Lacock |
Then we headed to Lacock, which is this little town that
still looks like a period town. It’s old-fashioned and lots of fun to see. We
had lunch there. I had the Beef Wellington. It was absolutely wonderful! I
would’ve liked to stay there longer, but the tour was on a time crunch. I
wanted to stay longer because they filmed some of the corridor scenes from Harry
Potter in the abbey there and they also filmed some of the BBC’s show Cranford there. But, from what I saw it
was wonderful! Despite the short time spent there it was great just to see the
town. I’m not too disappointed that I didn’t see those other things, because I
was really concerned about eating lunch. I was starving by this point of the
tour, but we walked around the town for a bit and got the feel of the place. It
was so beautiful.
Afterwards we headed off to Bath, but because of several
people not coming back to the bus on time and because of traffic problems we
only had an hour in Bath. So, rather than wandering off on our own, we walked
around with our tour guide and he showed us some cool places in Bath (By the
time we got there the Roman Baths had closed for the day, which was sad, but oh
well). The town itself is just really
beautiful.
And then after that we had the 3 hour ride home. Then I went grocery shopping because I
only had mayo, raspberry jam, some bread, pasta (no sauce), and Digestives
(which are super yummy cookies). And that wasn’t going to sustain me for long.
So, anyway, it was another fun and busy day.
Enjoy the pictures!
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| Stonehenge |
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| Stonehenge again. |
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| Gorgeous English countryside |
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| More Stonehenge. |
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I really liked Stonehenge.
(This one is probably my favorite picture) |
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| Stonehenge yet again. |
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| Me at Stonehenge. |
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| Part of the garden at Windsor Castle |
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| Any finally....Stonehenge. |
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