More of England

We wanted to fully utilised the rental car so we planned a big day trip around England and to Cardiff in wales.

We started out with a visit to the Windsor Castle



I was approached by a castle guard who told me all about the castle. Windsor has been inhabited for nearly 1000 years ;) HEHEHE and he pointed out to me some quarters outside the castle which used to be the residence of the king's favourite mistress/concubine. it started to rain when he's about to wrap up his talk. we quickly went into the dollhouse and then started the tour inside the castle. anyways pictures are not allowed although we sneaked some photographs (like 1 ...and it turned out blurry)

anyways, the pics above were some of the selection i put together...started out with the eateries with names like King and Castle. i noted throughout Uk they have really fancy and amusing names for their eating joints. The 4th pic shows picture of the castle..again the famous tourist bus in every town..
more views of the castle from the outside. Some little shops in the area that stood out of nowhere. The plaque on the floor was the highest order of knighthood one can get in UK.
it is called Order of the Garter

More views of the castle ground. We were introduced to the charming element of the dried moat that encircle the castle to help defend the castle from intruders. in the middle ages, it was probably filled in water to further deter the intruders.

After Windsor castle, we drove to Winchester. have I already mentioned that everything in england is OLD. Winchester is an OLD city. The houses were constructed way back in the 1200s.

The gardens are immaculate..like any English garden.

Posing with King Alfred the Great statute.
High street..

pictures of One side of the cathedral. I read that the Winchster cathedral is the longest cathedral in Europe. It was constructed in 1079.

Posing in front of the cathedral...
Guidhall...

Another Tudor construction.

Following Winchester city, we drove to Salisbury ..again, there was a Cathedral. It's of the Gothic type construction.. and it boasts the tallest spire in UK at 123m.

Here's picture of the town of Salisbury. Again, another eatery has a fancy name (Slug and lettuce which I later found that it's a chain eatery)

The Slug and Lettuce eatery
High street
Old gate
Salisbury and its Spire

Salisbury cathedral was under renovation when we went.


the back of the cathedral.

The front of the Salisbury cathedral..