At 8:30am while walking to Reading railway station, there was a continuous shower of sleet (frozen rain). It was a beautiful sight. Before reaching Windsor Castle, we had to make a change at Slough. Here, it started snowing. Exciting to watch! Reached destination within 30 min from home.
Just out of the Windsor train station, the majestic castle greeted us. This is where the Royal British family resided since generations and is still residing. This part of the castle is not open
to the public of course.
There is a big statue of Queen Victoria in front of the gate. Sumanth recalled that there is a similar statue of queen Victoria in namma Cubbon park! And btw, the Bangalore palace's design was influenced by this majestic castle.
We hopped on to a hop-on-hop-off bus which took us all through Windsor and Eton town for around 45 minutes. We were the only people on the bus roof! Enjoyed the chill wind there and didn't get inside the warm bus. The view of 'The long walk' in front of the castle was amazing.
Got off the bus, purchased the tickets for the Castle and since we had ample time for entering the castle, we went on a walk on Thames river. Fantastic view. Loads of white swans everywhere! Had an absolutely delicious lunch in an Indian restaurant and headed toward the castle.
The queue had already built up like a long snake and we spent 30 min in the queue...not bad though.
Windsor castle is splendid and magnificent. With audio guides for every room we visit, I too developed interest in history! Seems castle is situated in a centralized location so that the soldiers can get a first hand info on attackers, if any.
Visited the doll house - dolls used by princesses - not impressive! Then entered the majestic hallway with a very high roof and broad staircase leading to a huge room. This room has a huge collection of all the royal things that the British have acquired
during their colonizing spree all over the world.
The major attraction is a huge tiger's head made of pure gold and precious stones, which was used by Tipu Sultan on his throne. Other belongings of Tipu displayed were his robes, turban and jewels. Tipu Sultan's famous sword was here till recently until namma Bengaluru's Vijay Mallya purchased it back from here! One day, I should be able to buy that golden tiger's head! :)
Apart from this, there were innumerable beautiful artistic swords from India, embedded with precious stones. There were similar such things that the British obtained from different kings and emperors of other countries of the world.
After spending an interesting time at the impressive Windsor, we headed back to home sweet warm home.
Just out of the Windsor train station, the majestic castle greeted us. This is where the Royal British family resided since generations and is still residing. This part of the castle is not open
to the public of course.There is a big statue of Queen Victoria in front of the gate. Sumanth recalled that there is a similar statue of queen Victoria in namma Cubbon park! And btw, the Bangalore palace's design was influenced by this majestic castle.
We hopped on to a hop-on-hop-off bus which took us all through Windsor and Eton town for around 45 minutes. We were the only people on the bus roof! Enjoyed the chill wind there and didn't get inside the warm bus. The view of 'The long walk' in front of the castle was amazing.
Got off the bus, purchased the tickets for the Castle and since we had ample time for entering the castle, we went on a walk on Thames river. Fantastic view. Loads of white swans everywhere! Had an absolutely delicious lunch in an Indian restaurant and headed toward the castle.
The queue had already built up like a long snake and we spent 30 min in the queue...not bad though.
Windsor castle is splendid and magnificent. With audio guides for every room we visit, I too developed interest in history! Seems castle is situated in a centralized location so that the soldiers can get a first hand info on attackers, if any.
Visited the doll house - dolls used by princesses - not impressive! Then entered the majestic hallway with a very high roof and broad staircase leading to a huge room. This room has a huge collection of all the royal things that the British have acquired
during their colonizing spree all over the world.The major attraction is a huge tiger's head made of pure gold and precious stones, which was used by Tipu Sultan on his throne. Other belongings of Tipu displayed were his robes, turban and jewels. Tipu Sultan's famous sword was here till recently until namma Bengaluru's Vijay Mallya purchased it back from here! One day, I should be able to buy that golden tiger's head! :)
Apart from this, there were innumerable beautiful artistic swords from India, embedded with precious stones. There were similar such things that the British obtained from different kings and emperors of other countries of the world.
After spending an interesting time at the impressive Windsor, we headed back to home sweet warm home.
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