Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle was quite impressive. There is a lot of history there. St. George’s Chapel was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed inside any of the buildings or rooms. I wish I could have shown you all the beautiful things I saw today but you’ll just have to see for yourselves one day! I am up for another trip if you do!

I am afraid that there isn’t much to tell about my trip to Windsor. I wish had had more time to explore and do more of the things they offer. I didn’t get to see Mary’s dollhouse. I did get to see some very impressive ceiling paintings of Queens, Kings, and food. Apparently back in 1992 there was a fire that damaged some of the rooms I saw today including the room where the crests of the all the knights are on the ceiling in the castle. They were able to put everything back the way it was. In one room they simply picked up each of the floor boards and put them back turned over so you can’t see the fire damage. I am assuming they weren’t too badly damaged if that’s all they had to do.

In the room with the crests on the ceiling some of the crest are just blank white shields indicating that those knights fell out of favor somehow either by committing a crime or doing something else the monarchy didn’t approve of at the time. Their shield is left up so that everyone will always remember what they did. There were numbers by all of the shields which I am guessing I could have put into my audio guide and it might have told me who they all were but I didn’t really have time otherwise I think I would have listened to them all. Another reason to go back one day.

After the tour some about half of our group went back to London on the train and the other half went to the town of Eton which is connected to Windsor – it’s a town and a castle – by a bridge over the river. We saw the college and then another half went back and the rest of us went to have dinner at this place called Brown’s. I have a meat pie thing and a new cider – Aspalls. It was Sweeter than Strongbow but I liked it. After that we caught the train back to London. I read my book on the way there and on the way back. It’s getting better! Look up the author Matthew Pearl if you want a good literary mystery.

Now it is time to post the pictures from today and then go to bed. Tomorrow after Aubrey and a few other people go to church we’re going Hyde Park to see the debaters and then most people in our group are going to Cambridge. See you all tomorrow!