Blogs from Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

Last week we had the Eton gala day - it's called the 4th of June, and it takes place on the 28th of May. Obviously. The day began inauspiciously, as Mon and I failed to get up on time to see one of the first acts, a choir concert. As we walked the 53 or so steps it takes to get to the Chapel, we met Mum and Dad coming home. Well done us! Faffing about is a terrible thing. Subsequent entertainment included a visit to the school library, which contains such stratospherically valuable baubles as an original Gutenberg bible. We lunched at one of the houses with a couple of Eton personalities: an organist who is regularly flown to LA fro weekends to play a 30,000 pipe organ, and a teacher whose weapon of choice ... read more

That's right folks! The greatest travel blog by someone with the initials CJB is back online. Rejoice! It's a different kettle of fish this time round - from the backblocks of South America, we've landed smack bang among some of the richest people on earth. It's great! Sightings so far include beagles, an ambassador and St Paul's Cathedral (only outside the latter - it costs $25 to get in! Jesus wouldn't have allowed it, folks). I almost need to devote an entire blog entry (or webpage) to Eton itself - for the philistines among you, that's the college formerly attended by the Princes of Wales. Everything here is weird, astonishing or both. They've taken the English habit of mispronouncing everything (say Worcestershire) to its logical conclusion - the complete stripping of meaning from words: 'morning tea' ... read more

Hello again! This weekend is a long weekend for us (Monday is a holiday, although we have no idea what the holiday is.) We've been rather busy enjoying our three days off! On Saturday we went into Milton Keynes to watch a football match (soccer) with some colleagues. We met up at a pub for a few pints before the match and enjoyed a social day out. We had a great time! It was the last match of the season so the fans were in high spirits! On Sunday we ventured to Windsor to see Windsor Castle. We took a train from Aylesbury to London where we then hopped on the tube to Paddington station. From there we took another train to Windsor with a transfer in Slough. Windsor castle is the oldest and largest occupied ... read more

Geo: 51.48, -0.605995Jess, Charne and I went on a day trip out of London today. We decided to visit one of the queen's other residences, Windsor.... read more

You don't get to see many castles in the US, so I definitely wanted to tour at least one during my time in the UK. Today...I ventured to Windsor Castle. The trip from London was really easy. It's only a 25-30 minute train ride from Paddington Station. Unfortunately, it wasn't bright and sunny as I hoped it would be. But, the Castle itself is so beautiful that I didn't mind the weather so much. Daphne mentioned that the town of Windsor is really cute, so I planned to take a look around. As I walked towards the Castle, I saw all sorts of shops. I almost started to go shopping first but I kept walking and after a really short walk from the train station, I was there. They give you an audio guide with your ... read more