For the
fifth and sixth days of my half-term break. My family and I visited Windsor
Castle, took a River City Cruise on the Thames River, and toured Tower Bridge.
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| Ready to explore the castle! |
On
November first, we visited Windsor Castle. Finding our way to Windsor was a
mighty
challenge.
Ironically, it was quite close. The castle was actually so much larger than I
expected it to be. I know it was a castle, but they really are so much bigger
outside fairytale books. Besides being a bit chilly, we had beautiful weather
that day and were able to capture some
really awesome pictures. The Castle was the most unique experience. We walked
on the cobblestone paths and into the state apartments which are the
intricately designed yet incredibly grand rooms such as the King and Queens
reception rooms, and the dinning room. They were so ornate and beautiful. We
even saw the dolls house, an enormous dolls house complete with a jewels room
(made with real miniature jewels). We arrived home early after the castle, but
the family and I really needed it. It was already a long week!
On the
next day of half term, we went on a River City Cruise and toured Tower Bridge.
My friend Matt met up with my family and I in Central London that day. The river
cruise was nice. We went early and had the afternoon sun on us during the
thirty-minute ride. We were able to get unobstructed views of a lot of the
major architectures of London, and we even had a speaker guide us through the
history and significance of many of the landmarks. The boat dropped us very
near to the tower bridge entrance, so we went up and toured the beautiful
bridge that day as well. Kristi, Matt, and I decided to take the stairs instead
of the lift and it was a great workout getting to the top of the bridge. The
bridge exhibition showed a lot of photographs of famous bridges. This was cool
for a few photographs, but it got boring pretty quickly actually. The best part
of this was the view. It was slightly obstructed by the beams of the bridge
structure, but, if angled correctly, we could get some nice panoramic pictures
of Central London. My favorite part of the tower bridge exhibition was seeing
the steam engine at the end of the tour. I can't recall ever seeing a steam
engine as large as that (to lift the drawbridge).  |
| Matt, Kristi, My dad, and I happy to go on a cruise! A river cruise anyway. |
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| The view of Tower Bridge from the Thames |
After we
did our bit of touristing in Central London, Kristi, Matt and I went back to
Kingston so I could take me sister out and show her a bit of how I spend my
weekends in Kingston. We went to the club Hippodrome. It was Big Cheese night,
which means the DJ plays a lot of classic favorites and he even takes requests.
My sister and I jammed to Barbie Girl, The Spice Girls, McFly, and a lot more
great music.
