Fortunately, we were able to wake up on time today. However, we spent the morning to avoid the creepy older woman staying in our room from tagging along with us to Windsor. She checked-in late last night and somewhat invited herself to join us. So we got ready quietly and and in the process of leaving we ran into her and basically said bye while avoiding her. Our bus was running extremely late and we were in a rush to get to Waterloo station to catch our train to Windsor. Unfortunately, the ticket machines hate us and would not cooperate no matter how many different times we tried it and it wound up eating a couple of pounds from us. As a result we missed the changing of the guard (so that is something I'll have to catch later). We bought our tickets for Salisbury and Stonehenge tomorrow so we won't have to worry about that. It was a bit longer train to Windsor. Again, it was a short walk to the castle but it was worth it. We weren't able to take any pictures inside but we got plenty of the outside. We saw the floor above the tomb of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour's tomb in the chapel. I took a picture next to the guard muttering "Hello" and "thank you" to him. I was a little disappointed he wasn't wearing a fuzzy hat. We wandered around Windsor for a bit trying to find my specific shot glass (no luck) and got Kelley some curry while Kendra got McDonald's and I tried a chicken burger (still not quite sure what it is). We caught a train back and headed off to King's Cross to, yeah you guessed it, take a picture at platform 9 3/4. Kendra was embarrassed to be near us but Kelley and I were proud HP fans. We then took the tube to Buckingham Palace to take the necessary pictures. Walking through the parks there, Kendra and I decided that Kelley was a squirrel in her past life because of how much she loved the park and the trees. Interestingly, while we were walking, we saw signs saying that were humps for the next 1/2 mile and other things in yards...so I was a little confused by that. We headed to the guard museum in hopes of seeing a guard in a fuzzy hat (still no luck). We then found the Lancaster House for Kendra. We took the tube back and the internet isn't working right now and it puts us in quite a pickle as Kelley and i have to figure out our next couple days.
Things I need to do when I come back to Europe:
see the rest of Hampton Court
Tour Buckingham Palace
See a guard in a fuzzy hat
take a picture with a guard in a fuzzy hat
another castle in France I can't think of
many other museums
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
the harry potter tour




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