Today was a fantastic day of sight-seeing! One thing I forgot to mention about our hotel. We learned that a "deluxe king bed with pillowtop mattress" really means "two single beds pushed together with a fitted sheet over them and a down comforter" :) We were both pretty tired so sleeping wasn't an issue. We were up early again and off to a day full of the wonders of England. Our tour took us through Windsor Castle, up to Stonehenge, a break in the town where a few Harry Potter films have been made for lunch, and lastly onto the City of Bath.
Our first stop was Windsor Castle where we entered through St.George Gate. The view was amazing! The next few pictures were just from walking around the grounds.
The picture below shows the round that Windsor Castle is famous for, but it's really an oval. The traditional flag flying means the Queen is not in residence there. The garden leads down to the moat, which has always been dry. It has never held water because the surroundings are made from chalk.
The next picture is of St. George's Cathedral, home to the tombs of many kings and queens. It was beautiful inside - no photography allowed, of course. Outside we watched the changing of the guards too.
After that, it was onto Stonehenge, our second stop of the day. It was literally in the middle of a HUGE field, surrounded by nothing but rolling hills and sheep.
It was amazing to walk around because it looked so different from every angle, especially with the sun coming in and out from behind the clouds. Again, I had to check it out in panoramic mode. :)
Next we were onto a smaller town for lunch. Here is a picture of an original thatch-roofed house in the area known as the Cotswolds, home of Shakespeare. 200 years ago there were over 2 million houses like this. now there are only 24,000. (Nerdy math people think thats a pretty cool stat, fyi)
Once we got to our lunch destination, we had to walk through the village. I fell in love with this cottage! Our food was fantastic yet again, and it was hard not to take an afternoon nap on the way up to Bath.
Once in the city of Bath, we made our way into The Roman Bath. This is a natural hot spring that stays at 116F all year round. This part of the bath is in a Heritage site to preserve the Roman temple around it. The other part of the bath sits in a famous spa nearby.
This is a view of the Bath Cathedral, commonly known as the Bath Abbey. It can be seen from inside The Roman Bath Heritage Site, and from all over town. The front side was pretty spectacular too, but we didn't get a chance to make it inside.
And of course, after a long day outside, we grabbed some Starbux in Bath for our bus ride home.
Another great day of sightseeing in! We're excited to sleep in tomorrow. Brandon actually passed out at about 930pm tonight, so we'll see how late he sleeps!
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