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Windsor Castle

Hampton Court SE/Wales/Liverpool Canterbury
Windsor Castle exterior as seen walking up hill toward entrance, England Outside, Windsor Castle
Garden, with keep (I believe) in background, Windsor Castle, England Garden at Windsor Castle
Trees on the grounds of Windsor Castle, with castle in background, England Trees at Windsor
Parade Grounds with Guards, Windsor Castle, England Parade Grounds
Parade Grounds with lush grass, Windsor Castle, England Parade Grounds
Trees and countryside as seen from atop Windsor Castle, England View from Windsor
Visitors walk along path adjacent the chapel at Windsor Castle, England Visitors, Windsor Castle

I had planned my holiday to the United Kingdom around a travel schedule that included ten days in downtown London, followed by ten days (seven in Britain and three in Ireland) by way of an unlimited rail pass. I spent my first rail-enabled day visiting three sites just outside of London: Windsor Castle, Canterbury Cathedral, and Dover. (Yes, my self-imposed schedule left little time for error.) These are the photographs of Windsor Castle.

Windsor Castle was not quite the castle I had envisioned. My concept of a "castle," you see, is something medieval - dimly lit stone-walled corridors, drafts blowing through darkened archways, and at least a moat outside. I picture scenes from Olivier's Hamlet, and many fond memories of visits to Hammond Castle here in the northeast US. The interior of Windsor Castle was just a bit too 19th-century for my taste.

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