Warwick Castle
On Saturday, our entire group went to Warwick Castle! We were supposed to meet in the other house at 10:30 am....Courtney and I slept in by mistake and woke up at 10 am, just barely enough time to get ready - thank goodness we didn't sleep any longer! We left the house and walked to the train station, about a 20 minute walk. I had been to a train station before, but lots of the people in the group hadn't. They were SO excited to be in a "real" train station, like the one in Harry Potter :).
We saw a man in a kilt!
The first leg of our train ride lasted about 30 minutes, and then we switched to another train at the Banbury station. When we arrived at the town of Warwick, we walked and walked for what seemed like forever. Finally, at around 1:00 pm, we arrived at Warwick Castle! You could see it from far away, peeking above the trees. We were each given our passes to get into the castle, and then we were free to go wherever we wanted until 5:00 pm. There was SO much to see and do...there are stations set up everywhere that you can visit: jousting, archery, a dungeon and torture chamber, a haunted house, a bird show, gardens, etc. There was a jester on stilts walking around and entertaining the kids, and there were also minstrels singing and playing to greet you as you entered the castle. Courtney and I made sure to see every single thing! After visiting the stations, we climbed up hundreds of steps to get to the top of the castle, and then we walked around the top of the castle and took tons of pictures - there was a beautiful view of the city from up there! We read a lot about the history of Warwick Castle, and we weren't afraid to ask workers more about it. On our way to the top, we met up with 3 other girls from our group who are juniors: Amanda, Shelbi, and Rachel. We all loved exploring the area up there. Here are some pictures from Warwick Castle:
The view from the top of the tower:
I hope these pictures help you feel like you were there! We had such a wonderful time, although we were exhausted when we finally met at 5:00 pm to leave. We had walked so much around the castle...but we still had to walk all the way back to the train station, and also walk from the station to the houses...*whew* It was about 7:00 pm when we finally arrived at home. A group of us decided to eat at a pub nearby called Eagle and Child, and I tried Stella Artois - C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to regularly eat together here while sharing their latest writings! There is a plaque dedicated to C.S. Lewis hanging in the main room, and also pictures of both of them on the walls.
After dinner, we stopped at an ice cream place called G & D's. They have lots of unusual flavors (I got green tea ice cream), and their shop is decorated all over in cow print :) it's really cute. We got back pretty late, around 10:00 pm. Courtney went to bed right away....I stayed up for a few hours on the internet. I realized I hadn't told my friends/family that I made it to England yet (haha) so I sent out several emails before crashing for the night.
We saw a man in a kilt!
The first leg of our train ride lasted about 30 minutes, and then we switched to another train at the Banbury station. When we arrived at the town of Warwick, we walked and walked for what seemed like forever. Finally, at around 1:00 pm, we arrived at Warwick Castle! You could see it from far away, peeking above the trees. We were each given our passes to get into the castle, and then we were free to go wherever we wanted until 5:00 pm. There was SO much to see and do...there are stations set up everywhere that you can visit: jousting, archery, a dungeon and torture chamber, a haunted house, a bird show, gardens, etc. There was a jester on stilts walking around and entertaining the kids, and there were also minstrels singing and playing to greet you as you entered the castle. Courtney and I made sure to see every single thing! After visiting the stations, we climbed up hundreds of steps to get to the top of the castle, and then we walked around the top of the castle and took tons of pictures - there was a beautiful view of the city from up there! We read a lot about the history of Warwick Castle, and we weren't afraid to ask workers more about it. On our way to the top, we met up with 3 other girls from our group who are juniors: Amanda, Shelbi, and Rachel. We all loved exploring the area up there. Here are some pictures from Warwick Castle:
The view from the top of the tower:
I hope these pictures help you feel like you were there! We had such a wonderful time, although we were exhausted when we finally met at 5:00 pm to leave. We had walked so much around the castle...but we still had to walk all the way back to the train station, and also walk from the station to the houses...*whew* It was about 7:00 pm when we finally arrived at home. A group of us decided to eat at a pub nearby called Eagle and Child, and I tried Stella Artois - C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to regularly eat together here while sharing their latest writings! There is a plaque dedicated to C.S. Lewis hanging in the main room, and also pictures of both of them on the walls.
After dinner, we stopped at an ice cream place called G & D's. They have lots of unusual flavors (I got green tea ice cream), and their shop is decorated all over in cow print :) it's really cute. We got back pretty late, around 10:00 pm. Courtney went to bed right away....I stayed up for a few hours on the internet. I realized I hadn't told my friends/family that I made it to England yet (haha) so I sent out several emails before crashing for the night.
posted by Lisa @ 4:33 PM
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Anonymous said…
I love you Lisa Kay! You are touching so many hearts. Aunt Retha
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