It was really pretty, but not as cool as Windsor. It was really geared toward kids....They had actors going around the grounds as King Henry, his sixth wife Kateryn, and some other randos. They also had a rack of Noble's clothes as you walked into the Kings apartments that kids could get dressed up in.
The gardens were gorgeous and huge, and already some crocuses were growing in the grass.
There was also a maze that is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest maze in existence, dating back to the 1600s. We had a lot of fun racing through it, and it made us feel like we were in the Triwizard Tournament, so we rented Harry Potter VI to watch tonight! We got to the center of the maze and I was the first to touch the Triwizard Cup....
No graveyards though.
Interesting note about King Henry and British culture... the Brits are SO proud of him, and hate the stereotype that he was a fat, tyannical, powercrazed fiend. At the beginning of the exhibit today, and at Windsor they had a short piece saying that he was not that at all. But then you go through the exhibit and they say all these things about his history that clearly showw he wwas a tyrannical power hungry fiend.. and well you can't ignore the fact that he was fat. During his reign he signed 72,000 death warrants! That isn't tyrannical? I really do appreciate his history though. He fascinates me. He truly was a majestic figure who was cleary capable of being a great leader. (Not in the sense that he was a kind, generous leader, but that he was a powerful and strong leader.)
Yesterday we went to the Olympic site for 2012. We couldn't see anything walking around in the Stratford area because there was so much blocked off for construction, but we took the Overground train back and were able to see the construction out the window. It was cool. The roof for the aquatic center is done, and a big chunk of the stadium. Linda got pictures, so as soon as she posts them I will steal them and post them.
Watching Harry Potter soon!!!!!!!!!! <3. I should probably start reading the series again... for... what the 6th time? I lost track but its at least 5.
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Em, I've been following your blog. It is like reading a really good travel book. I feel as if I'm traveling with you. Keep it up
ReplyDelete'the Brits are SO proud of him, and hate the stereotype that he was a fat, tyannical, powercrazed fiend'.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... SOME Brits are proud of him! Without doubt he was a fat, tyrannical power crazed fiend who did away with wives because of his own chromosomes. We come from an Anglican background... fancy starting a church because the church leader wouldn't allow you a divorce? Not exactly the best reason for starting a church!
His daughter (as Queen Mary I) was known as 'bloody Mary' because of the number of people she killed.
As the saying goes 'power corrupts, ultimate power corrupts ultimately'. As a staunch republican (in the British rather than American sense of the word) I have little time for Kings and Queens. A good monarch might be as much an oxymoron as an honest politician!