August 04, 2010

Day 28

It's hard to believe that in 6 days I'll be back in Texas. Tomorrow is the last day of class, we spend the weekend in Scotland and then it's just finals left, crazy. Today after class Meggan and I headed over to TKTS intending to buy Billy Elliot tickets and on a whim I asked about Les Miserables prices and we ended up with Orchestra seats, dead center, seventh row back for 39 pounds! The show was absolutely amazing. I's seen it before but wow, the cast was kick ass here. It's definitley one of my favorite shows, plus the theater was really pretty and tiny.
Before the show, we went to Windsor for the day. Windsor is adorable, the whole town is really cute and the massive castle is really cool. You can't go into much of it but the grounds are really pretty and just seeing the outside is cool. Of course it was raining today so we got wet walking around but it was still fun. We toured the state apartments, saw a table that seats 54 in the Waterloo room and a bunch of other very ornate and well decorated rooms. We also saw the china collection, most of it from the 1700's, and a lot of weapons. All the rooms that weren't specifically for the King/ Queen were full of guns, swords, and knives all arranged in patterns on the walls. The blue and white room of the Queens and the red and gold hall were my favorite rooms. Once again, I can't imagine living in a place like that. We tried to picture getting up in the mornings and walking around in pajamas eating at the giant table and watching tv and it was hard. Everything there is so over the top it's hard to believe people really live there.
Windsor Castle from the train
Walking up to the entrance
With the castle behind us
Me in a doorway
Looking into the courtyard
Inside and archer's hole
Looking back at the castle 
Gardens around the round tower
More of the castle in the rain
Umbrella time!
The courtyard we couldn't go in
More of the Castle, the Middle Ward
Gardens in the sun
Looking down toward the state apartments
The Upper Ward
Me with Windsor Castle
Sundial
Me and one of the guards!
St. George's chapel
The Lower Ward
A kitty I made friends with
Front of the chapel. It's very pretty inside and a lot of Kings are buried here
Windsor
Walking up to the Queen's Theater
In front of the theater
With our tickets
The stage
Ceiling of the theater
Me and Ashley
Me and Meggan

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