Enroute to the castle, there is a large statue of Queen Victoria.
The castle is a short walk from the train station.
The castle is a short walk from the train station.
Our timing was pretty good and we were able to catch a guided tour ... five minutes into the tour, we realized we'd caught the Portuguese language tour. Between the four of us, our Portuguese is lacking, so we decided to head back to the front gate and join an English speaking tour. Fortunately, we found Mark.
Windsor Castle included some beautil green spaces.
This is the garage that formerly housed the castle firefighting apparatus ... makes one think they only expected smallish fires.
We were able to see St George's Chapel. Henry the VIII and his most favored wife, Jane Seymour, are buried in the chapel.
The Queen Mary's dollhouse is also on display at Windsor. It's a beautiful piece of craftmanship. We were also able to view the courtyard outside Queen Elizabeth's apartments (Windsor is a favorite retreat for Her Majesty).
Since it was still pretty early in the day, we decided to hop over to Bath to see the famous Roman Bath.
Unfortunately, our timing was poor and we missed the last admittance. At least the Abbey was pretty ...
And we did find a pub ... so it wasn't a total loss.
At the end of the day, we returned to our hotel which was very close to Paddington Station. You won't be surprised to learn there is a bronze statue of Paddington Bear in the station.
Beastly weather, London is always wet, but the old girl out did her self during our stay.
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