Honeymoon - Final Day!

On the final day of our honeymoon, we took one more bus tour with the same company as the previous day. This time we visited these places:

• Windsor Castle
• Bath
• Stongehenge

First up, Windsor. I seriously wish we had more time here to really check out all of the rooms we had access to, but it was so crowded with people and we didn't have much time cause of the bus tour, that we didn't get to see much. In fact, the Queen was actually in residence on the day of our visit - we learned this because her flag was flying on top of the buildings - this means that she's actually THERE! Also, apparently Windsor is also her favorite residence of all the ones she has. It's also the one that had the famous fire back in 1992.

Here I am in front from the castle.

Even the lampposts have crowns!

Here's the mound at Windsor. This thing was AWESOME! It even had a waterfall meandering down it!

This section was closed off to the public. Apparently those apartments are where the Queen actually lives. The other of the castle is where people can go into.

Again, we have no pictures of the inside because they weren't allowed.
Below is St. George's Cathedral. This is where Henry VII and his favorite wife, Jane Seymour, are buried.

Right outside of the cathedral was where we watched the Changing of the Guard. These dudes seriously walked super fast down the road and they weren't stopping for NO ONE! Look at this little kid who has no idea the guards are RIGHT BEHIND HIM!

This is a look back at the road that the guards walked down to.

And here they are marching down through the gate. This entire ceremony thing was entirely too long and boring. I guess I'm glad I witnessed it but trust me, it was BORING.

Outside the castle we have the quintessential statue of Queen Victoria - had to have another pic!

Ramin outside the clock tower of the castle.

We drove for about 2 hours from Windsor to get to Bath. Bath is named for exactly what it means! This is where the Romans built their baths from the hot springs that bubbled up from the ground. This is probably the most historical place - agewise - that we visited. It had some REALLY old stuff in it!

Here is the view of the main pool.

 

The Romans were so ingenious! This is an ancient drainage drain....literally over 1000 years old!

After visiting the Baths, we visited the Bath Abbey. This was one of the only Abbey/Cathedrals that we could take pictures in! This will sort of give you an idea of what Westminster and Notre Dame looked like - only they were like 10 times bigger than this place.

 

 

This is the Avon River in Bath - a separate Avon River from the one in Stratford.

Ramin loved the bridge!

This is the view of the backside of the Abbey

 And we drove another hour or so to Stonehenge. It's literally in the middle of nowhere :) I could go all into the history of it, but I figure, you can read it on your own :P

We were lucky enough to have someone take a picture of us together.

And now our honeymoon is over. We drove back to London this night and slept one more night in our hotel. We headed to the airport via the subway one last time.

Overall, I AM SO GLAD we went to England. I've wanted to go there my entire life and it was everything I expected and more. Plus, we literally had perfect weather every day - how unusual is that for England?

Successful honeymoon indeed!