Today a couple classmates and I decided to utilize our
memberships to the Historic Palaces and visit the biggest one in the London
Area: Hampton Court. This was the home of Henry VIII and his wives, as well as
William and Mary. It was huge and gorgeous!
We took a train to Hampton, our first train of the trip! I
will admit that trains are only fun with a group of friends, and for less than
an hour. As this one was only 30 minutes and there were 5 of us, it was definitely
an adventure!
Like I said above, the house was gorgeous and huge, Here are
some pictures of our adventure:
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| Henry VIII! Or, an actor at least :) |
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| The William and Mary addition to Hampton Court |
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| William and Mary addition |
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| We got to write our names with a quill pen! |
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| I just found this so funny. If you can't read it, it says "The Queen, like a natural woman, made much lamentation" |
We got to see a facsimile of Henry VIII’s crown (it was a
recreation, because the first was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the crown,
but I will just say that it seemed like a little too much!
My favorite part of Hampton Court, by far, was the gardens.
They were magnificent! I would love to
live in a house with gardens such as these ones! There is a maze within the gardens that is
supposed to take the average visitor 20 minutes to get to the center. We made it in about 7 minutes! There was a funny plaque in the center that
mentioned a man who was stuck in the maze for hours, until someone finally came
to the rescue.
After the maze, we wandered the gardens for a while and I
took tons of pictures for my dad (and all you lovely readers!) Here are some now:
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