Windsor and Hampton Court Palace

Today a couple of us went on a day tour to Windsor (Castle) and Hampton Court Palace. It was pretty fun. We started out at Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is where the Queen currently lives.

The architecture is obviously pretty sweet, but as it's a modern castle, the interior isn't too exciting. I'm more of a medieval castle kinda guy, so walking on red carpets looking at walls of portraits, tapestries, and unused weaponry set up in a decorative fashion doesn't really float my boat. There was a cool hall though dedicated to the Order set up by Edward III and the Black Prince. It had all of the coats of arms of the members of the order from its founding through to present day.

After exploring the castle, Jared and I went to a chocolate shop (I don't remember the name off hand). It basically makes its own chocolate, but it imports some. I tried a sample and it was delicious. They've won awards for their chocolate. So naturally, I bought some. We'll see how long it lasts. I haven't opened it- I want to be able to enjoy it, so I'm saving it for when I want chocolate, but not every piece of chocolate in sight.

After Windsor, we headed to Hampton Court Palace. This was even less cool that Windsor Castle because it had all the boring interior with no cool exterior. We walked through the entire thing as quickly as possible, Jared and I talking about various fantasy novels and video games, barely paying attention to what we were doing.

Once we got through the insides, we checked out the gardens. Those were pretty cool.

Jared and I did sit down to an afternoon tea that was quite delicious. We did the classic tea cake and scone (tea with milk and brown sugar, scone with cream and jam). It was delicious.After the Palace we came back to the university and chilled.

Just a quick note, I did upload some of my pictures onto facebook, and I added the Dublin album link to the links section on the right of this page. Check it out!