London & Warwick: Day Three

At Warwick Castle

Today was a great day--we took a 1.5 hour train ride to Warwick Castle and got to see part of the English countryside, which was very pretty--lots of sheep, dairy cows, and a few horses, with pretty rolling hills and everything is very green! (Our guess was that that's because it rains so much here).

The castle was very big, and the most fun I had was climbing up on the towers and ramparts, but we also got to see the splendid living areas in the castle, a peacock garden (full of live peacocks), and went through a little tour called "Kingmaker." It was a great time.

We then ate at Subway for lunch. Subways are a little different in the UK--you can get a six inch sub and a drink for 3 pounds, and the drinks are only a small size that is much smaller than a US 'small' drink at a Subway there. They also asked if we wanted 'salad' on our sandwiches instead of asking what vegetables we wanted and had some kind of cheese that looked like pepperjack but was orange rather than white.

We rode the train back, stopped by the hotel to change, and then were off to see the musical Wicked! I'd never seen the show before, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. :) Then Mickey and I ate at Bella Italia, having some pizza and some sparkling lemonade. It made for a late night--so this will be short!

Up tomorrow: Globe Theatre, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Tate Modern

Sheep in the English countryside (I tried to get more pictures,
 but it was difficult through a smudgy window on a fast-moving train

Entrance pathway to Warwick Castle

The exterior of the castle

Guys Tower and Bears Tower

The entrance to the castle

My favorite part of the castle

Suit of armor in the Great Hall

A very elegant ceiling

Armor in the Great Hall

Lavish dining room

View of the Mill House from the castle

Part of the Castle

Bear Tower, Clarence Tower, and ramparts

The area of the castle that houses living quarters

View of the castle and village of Warwick from the top of Guys Tower

View of the castle from one of the towers

Reflection of an elegant room

Fireplace in the castle

The Great Hall from above

Part of the castle

Guys Tower from the courtyard

Mallard ducks in the Rose Garden

The Rose Garden

Part of Warwick Castle

Peacocks in the Peacock Garden

Peacock displaying his brilliant feathers

Back view of the castle

Flowers at the Warwick train station

The theatre where we saw Wicked

Our dinner

After posting all these pictures, it looks like between the castle, peacocks, excessive basil on the pizza, and the musical Wicked the theme for today was green. Sweet dreams now.

xoxo, xenophile