Monday, June 20 - Ben's last day in London, so we decide to go visit Windsor Castle. Its a subway ride to the train station, and then about an hour train ride to the castle. When we get to Windsor station its a short walk (uphill, of course) to the Castle. This castle is much different than others we have visited- most likely since it is still currently in use. The Queen considers Windsor to be her home, and it is where she spends the summer months. She was actually there while we were visiting, as her Standard was flying above the castle, but no, we didn't see her! We had to wait in a bit of a line to buy tickets and there were large glass windows between the ticket office and the next room, where they were doing security checks. A little girl behind us in line asked "Mommy, are we going on an airplane?" It was very cute. And she wasn't far off - it was just like the security to go on a plane... So we entered the castle grounds and toured around. You can only take pictures of the outside, but inside we saw Princess Mary's Doll's House, and several of the State Rooms, which are, of course, all lavishly decorated. We also got to go inside the church where Henry VIII and the Queen Mother, and several other monarch's are burried.
We had to manage our time well at Windsor as we had to catch the train back to Glasgow that evening. Train back to London, subway to get our bags, subway to Euston, grabbed dinner in a pub in the station, then train back to Glasgow and taxi home... Arrived home around 1am.
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