Hi guys!
Today was a day of W's. Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle. I actually woke up early today, because we had a lot of ground to cover, I know, I was up by 8 am. Oh the horror of getting up early on vacation!
Westminster Abbey was nice, but so crowded that it took away the magic of someplace special like that. St. Margaret's church is right next to it, and while we were waiting in line I popped in there and actually liked it way better, it had the right feel of good energy with a bit of crispiness in the air.
You can't take pictures inside the church, but it was exactly what you'd expect to see. Lots of graves of kings and queens, the famous unknown fallen soldier grave that all the princesses leave their wedding bouquets on top of, golden alters, stained glass windows. It was beautiful. I did get to walk the coronation walk! I pretended that I was getting knighted there. Yes, I realize I'm a girl and a coronation is about becoming king or queen, but being a knight sounds way cooler and being royalty sounds like too many rules.
Just embracing the public transportation life, mom and I caught the train to Windsor station and walked to the castle. Between Kensington and Windsor, this castle is totally where I would want to be. It was way fancier and nicer. I actually got to see some very famous portraits of Queen Victoria and Albert and Henry VII. I never ceased to be amazed when I get to see something in real life that I only saw pictures of for years in history books and university lessons. Every time I'm like, woah, this is right there. Especially if it was an art piece that I had to write about or analyze, because that means I stared at it for hours picking apart why the placement of the hands resembled power and humility, when in all reality it's probably just because the painter wanted it that way or the person simply was standing that way and no thought went into it at all but I had to come up with 500 intellectual words about it. Don't tell my old art history teacher that though, every apple was a metaphor and she'd be horrified if she ever read this.
The town was adorable, so mom and I walked around going into shops here or there and looking around. Sometimes to escape the heat (poor mom burns so easily while I was doing everything to soak up the sun). Sometimes because we just wanted to play around with all the hats!
Did you realize that these little things go for about $200 each! Like what the heck! Who knew a hat could cost so much. They were so silly I couldn't help but make faces. However, I do kind of want to go to a posh British event now and wear one of this hats. We decided the last one that covered half my face was the best look for me, however I'll not look into it too much that my mom liked the one the covered my face the best! Lol! Here I thought I was passable in terms of looks.
To finish off our perfectly sunny day in Windsor, mom and I got gelato and ate our ice cream walking along the Themes River. There were so many swans and ducks out we got so distracted by the birds and didn't end up walking very far. I guess that's being present though right? Or just being a bit lazy after being on our feet all day long.
Today was a day of W's. Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle. I actually woke up early today, because we had a lot of ground to cover, I know, I was up by 8 am. Oh the horror of getting up early on vacation!
Westminster Abbey was nice, but so crowded that it took away the magic of someplace special like that. St. Margaret's church is right next to it, and while we were waiting in line I popped in there and actually liked it way better, it had the right feel of good energy with a bit of crispiness in the air.
You can't take pictures inside the church, but it was exactly what you'd expect to see. Lots of graves of kings and queens, the famous unknown fallen soldier grave that all the princesses leave their wedding bouquets on top of, golden alters, stained glass windows. It was beautiful. I did get to walk the coronation walk! I pretended that I was getting knighted there. Yes, I realize I'm a girl and a coronation is about becoming king or queen, but being a knight sounds way cooler and being royalty sounds like too many rules.
Just embracing the public transportation life, mom and I caught the train to Windsor station and walked to the castle. Between Kensington and Windsor, this castle is totally where I would want to be. It was way fancier and nicer. I actually got to see some very famous portraits of Queen Victoria and Albert and Henry VII. I never ceased to be amazed when I get to see something in real life that I only saw pictures of for years in history books and university lessons. Every time I'm like, woah, this is right there. Especially if it was an art piece that I had to write about or analyze, because that means I stared at it for hours picking apart why the placement of the hands resembled power and humility, when in all reality it's probably just because the painter wanted it that way or the person simply was standing that way and no thought went into it at all but I had to come up with 500 intellectual words about it. Don't tell my old art history teacher that though, every apple was a metaphor and she'd be horrified if she ever read this.
The town was adorable, so mom and I walked around going into shops here or there and looking around. Sometimes to escape the heat (poor mom burns so easily while I was doing everything to soak up the sun). Sometimes because we just wanted to play around with all the hats!
Did you realize that these little things go for about $200 each! Like what the heck! Who knew a hat could cost so much. They were so silly I couldn't help but make faces. However, I do kind of want to go to a posh British event now and wear one of this hats. We decided the last one that covered half my face was the best look for me, however I'll not look into it too much that my mom liked the one the covered my face the best! Lol! Here I thought I was passable in terms of looks.
To finish off our perfectly sunny day in Windsor, mom and I got gelato and ate our ice cream walking along the Themes River. There were so many swans and ducks out we got so distracted by the birds and didn't end up walking very far. I guess that's being present though right? Or just being a bit lazy after being on our feet all day long.
We had a long journey home but finally made it back around dinner time. The great part about getting home at 8 is that the sun doesn't set until 9:30 so you hardly notice that it's late at all! Seriously, I could use this amount of daylight in LA, it fakes me out all the time here. I'm going to have to say bye to my tiny apartment in Shoreditch. I can't believe this month and a half flew by! Like way faster than I was ever expecting. But I'm also excited for this epic road trip to come with Jes, her mum, and my mom. We've got a bit of a drive tomorrow, so the blog might be short, but stay tuned for all the adventures!
Lots of love,
Carolyn
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