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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Monday, July 17, 2006

Windsor Castle

This is the beautiful Windsor Castle. Today was my favorite day by far of the whole trip! This castle was gorgeous. We got on the Tube and rode to the rail station and rode the train to Windsor. This castle is over 900 years old!

This is the tallest tower of Windsor. You can't see it, but there is a flag on top. If a flag is up that has blue, yellow, and red squares, that means the Queen is here. Unfortunately today, we missed her.

These are the guards that stand by the castle. Me and Whit had to be extra careful because every few minutes they switch their bayonets. I guess a couple of years ago a Japanese tourist was standing too close to a soldier and he got his ear cut off! (Because they are not allowed to move, they must perform their rituals!)

The soldiers perform the same little routine and walk the same line every day. They have walked the path so much that the road is worn where they walk. Crazy huh?!

This is just a soldier standing in an archway of the castle in front of the court yard. I didn't see him move much, but he did a cool little dance with his gun too!

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

you look cute with the guard

3:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't believe how big the castle is. Be careful you don't get in the way of the soldiers!

5:52 PM  

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