7D6N London, Belgium and Amsterdam - Sept 2007: Part IV

Windsor Castle, Bath and Stonehenge

On Day 6, followed Viator for a day tour to Windsor Castle, Bath and Stonehenge which costs me US$123.39.

Throughout the journey, the guide told us some history about the places that we will be visiting that day. The weather was not that great, it was cloudy, gloomy and then it started drizzling that last for the whole day. The first stop was Windsor Castle. We were given the entrance ticket and the earphone.

The Windsor Castle is really magnificent and that was the first time I visited a real castle. I was very excited and soon I was already exploring the castle on my own. We viewed the Queen's room, the Princes' rooms, the guard's meeting room etc. What I enjoyed most was the structure of the building, not so much of the interior as I am not a person who appreciates antique stuffs and the interior decorations are something like that to me.

See the middle picture with the flag? We were told that the Queen usually comes over to stay during the weekends and if the Queen is around, the flag will be taken off and the castle is closed for public viewing but if the Queen is not there, the flag will be up and the castle is open for viewing.

Managed to witness the changing of guard ceremony also.

That's outside the castle.

Next, we proceeded to the City of Bath to view the Roman Bath Pool. That's the outer courtyard.

The circular bath.

The picture in the middle shows the hypocaust. It looks like stacks of bricks isn't it? It is actually used by the Romans to heat their rooms and is used not only in public baths but also private homes.

This is the city of Bath. Unfortunately it was drizzling and the wind was strong so I could not venture far out to explore the place.

The Roman Bath entrance.

Look at the chimneys. Can't recall the story behind this but all the houses in this city has their chimneys like that.

Next is Stonehenge. On the day that we went, there were not many tourists. Not much to see here except for the extraordinary forming of rocks/stones.

It was strange to hear the story of how the stones were formed and the whole place looks a little mysterious. Initially it was quite interesting to view the stones but after a while, it became boring. I was the only Asian around that day. Anyway that was the end of our day trip and we left for London shortly after that.