Windsor Castle, and the Roman Baths

One of the next trips I took was to Windsor Castle. The is the Castle that the current Royal Family currently lives in for part of the year when they are not at Buckingham Palace in London. The castle was amazing! It was so beautifully decorated with a large chapel attached to it. The chapel there is where the Family goes to Easter Service. The tour included a history of the Royal Family and a history of England as a whole. It was here that I learned of England's youngest queen, who was 9 months old, and was later killed at age 12. We also got pictures with a guard. They do not move!!

That same weekend we went to visit the Roman Bath houses. They were discovered because a woman's house we flooding and they could not figure out why. When they dug down, not very many feet,they discovered what appeared to be an underground bath house, and it was. The bath house was just room after room of large rooms with warm water flowing from natural hot springs. Many years ago these baths were believed to be the social spot of the area. People would through many valuables into the baths to honor gods. A lot of these things are on display now throughout the tour. At the end there is a dining area where you can have tea, and there is a fountain there that flows from the hot spring (and it filtered now) and you can pay to have a glass of water from it. I took one sip, but it was very gross!