Headed out to Windsor Castle for the day and I have to say I was pretty impressed. The castle is huge with high walls and a big central tower. I picked up an audio guide on the way in and I was glad I did, it had heaps of interesting information but I did manage to switch mine into Spanish somehow! Thankfully a helpful guard managed to switch it back for me.
Windsor Castle has a magnificent dolls house, built for Queen Mary in the 1920s, it was created by a variety of artists and modelmakers and everything was made to the finest detail. It really was incredibly beautiful. All the paintings and fabrics were replicas from the palace, famous writers wrote miniature books for the library, the silverware is made out of real silver, it has full electricity and plumbing (even the toilet flushes apparently!) and every tiny detail was thought out. Incredible. Sorry no photos, they wouldn't allow them.
The state apartments are impressive. Beautiful rooms but my favourite was definitely the awesome weapon & armory rooms. The sheer size and range of swords, guns and full armour was too cool for words. Many of them were from all over the world and many of the swords and knives had jewel-set sheaths and handles. There was a full armour set of King Henry VIII too and boy was he a big guy!
In the large dining room I found Sir Edmund Hillary's crest in among the other knights. The chapel was closed to viewings since it was a Sunday but there was a beefeater guard out front who I got to take my photo with.After visiting the castle I found a quiet cafe in Windsor and enjoyed a traditional afternoon cream tea; tea and scones with jam and clotted cream! Ive gotta say clotted cream is weird, it's the consistency of butter but the taste of cream. Good though!
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