I Want an "Eat/Sleep" at Windsor*

I went to Windsor this past Friday. So I can cross that off my list. See, I'm getting things done this fall. Score one for me. I really liked seeing Windsor. It was quite pretty, and the audio tour was actually rather interesting. We got to see the State Apartments, the doll house and St. George's Chapel. I overheard one woman saying she would spend all day in the doll house room if she could. I mean it was nice to look at, but really? All day?

It was interesting to see the part of the castle that was rebuilt after the fire in 1992. The rebuilt rooms look "newer" because obviously they are, however the tour told us that the craftsmen used recently felled timber, so that the wood would shrink, contract and split over time, as they would have done when the castle was built. Nice attention to detail I say. Overall it was rather amazing to be walking around the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world. It puts the staggering amount of history in this country into perspective.

One of the rooms (one of many I assume) is used to host visitors for dinner and the tour mentioned that often visitors eat in this room and then stay the night in the castle. So now I want to do that. I can eat and sleep at Windsor, no problem. I'll have my over night bag packed in three minutes.

The trip to Windsor from Paddington was really easy, and fast. The train took just under 30 minutes, and required a quick change in Slough. One of those towns that to an American can be pronounced about 15 different ways. We also happened to go on one of the hottest days of the year, so walking around in the sun was nice and toasty. Going on Friday meant some crowds, but we managed to walk through the rooms without having to look over or under people to see things. Overall I really enjoyed it, and thought it was definitely worth the (easy) trip.

* I can't remember if this is the correct terminology. Is it "eat/stay?" Either way, I'm up for it.