Hampton Court Palace was a blast, but I as soon as I heard we were heading to Windsor Castle, I was excited. I had heard so many things about Windsor Castle; not only was it a castle built to withstand a siege, unlike the open living space of Hampton Court Palace, it has been a home to British Monarchs since the 12th century.

I didn’t get any pictures of the interior, because you aren’t allowed to take any, which should be even more incentive for you to visit, because the interior of the castle is absolutely gorgeous. It did give me pause, to contemplate that I’d probably never make as much money in my entire lifetime compared to the cost to decorate even just one of those rooms. There were some walls that were literally coated with guns and swords. The whole interior was absolutely littered with them. Most of them were real, but a few I noticed were decorative, like, there’d be a sword with a gem encrusted handle, which look like it might break off from the blade if it was used in an actual fight.

There’s also a beautiful chapel in the castle as well. The audio guide even invites you to sit down at one point because, really, you can’t take it in just by walking briskly through it. There’s a remarkable amount of detail everywhere within. I mean, it wouldn’t but “just” a simple chapel since supposedly the Queen would use it during her stay, so it’s worth going to.

The thing about the chapel, and some other parts of the castle, were the seemingly thousands of plaques with the coat of arms of knights within. Mostly on the ceiling, some of them even have numbers written near them to tell you you can enter in your audio guide and be told about those particular knights. But there are thousands of them, some of which have been covered up because of dishonorable acts they committed after the plaques were hung up. It was really very interesting, but we just didn’t have the time to listen to all of them.

Again, another royal home I highly recommend going to visit.

Location: London, United Kingdom