Windsor Castle

I stayed up quite late on Saturday night. I'm too old for this. I went to bed almost 1AM. The only reason I managed to keep my eyes open was I'm still a bit jet lagged. Atlanta is 5 hours behind. Amy, whom I knew from Team in Training several years ago, also lives in London. She's an accountant that is on a 2 year assignment. She went to Oklahoma (OU), who played against Notredame this weekend. She found a bar/ pub that played the game at 8PM. I met her at Great Portland tube station that is only one station away from Baker St. I met some new friends, one of them is a foodie and we talked about going to London pop-up restaurants, that is quite a trend. I'm sure I will blog about it if we ever go. I had Asahi beer, didn't even finish the whole glass, some onion rings and fries (shared plates), left before midnight and took the tube home.

The next morning I met up with Lauren and two of her neighbors at Marylebone station. One girl is Spanish and the other one is French. Nice girls. We were going to Windsor Castle. We took a tube to Paddington, then a train to Winsor. The train ride wasn't long and we switched one time at Slough. We had to sprint in Paddington because we had 3 minutes left and we just got our tickets. That's the most running I've done lately. My legs were a little sore from walking so much in the past few days. It's different from running soreness. The pain is around the foot and calf area, not gluteus, not hamstring or quads.

I'm not a great blogger. I'm not going to write the history of Windsor. You can google it. That's what Wikipedia is for. All I know is the Queen still uses it as a summer vacation house (or castle). Part of last year's Jubilee ceremony was at Windsor. We got the ticket around 11AM. I should have brought snacks with me because I started to get hungry. We took some pictures from the outside.

The inside was fine. We saw the Queen's doll house, different rooms used for living and work, artwork from painting to sculpture. One area was burned down in the 90's but rebuilt. I was more distracted by sore feet and hunger. Luckily Lauren was hungry too. We left the castle earlier than Anne Sofie and Ane. We walked around the town and a decided on a Greek restaurant. We had the appetizer plate and a bottle of white wine to share. It's Greek wine. The waiter said it's spicy and dry but it actually tastes light and crisp, very good. I had mixed kebab for the main dish which is marinated lamb and chicken. It came with a small salad, rice and fries. Lauren had the same thing. Ane ordered moussaka. Anne Sofie had salad, spanakopita and rice wrapped in grape leaves. 

The food was really good. I inhaled everything. At the end, we all paid £17 each, not bad at all for a feast like that. I got home around 5PM. Tired but still walked Chloe to the park. She loves that park.