Off To Meet The Queen

Woke up very excited about today’s itinerary as we will be travelling to Windsor hoping to meet the Queen. You might have guessed it…. Yes, we will be visiting Windsor Castle in a bit.

We went to have our breakfast at the Arro Coffee which was just across the street. They served fantastic aromatic coffee and a very wide spread of pastries, sandwiches and breakfast set in the morning. We ordered some and my favourite would be the Ham & Stilton – it was the hard bread with Parma ham and blue cheese. Man… it was just more than DELICIOUS… it was SENSATIONAL!

After a fantastic breakfast, we set off to Paddington Station to board our train to Windsor. When we arrived at the station, we were told that our London Pass train will be after lunch time. Given more than 2 hours to spare, we decided to explore the nearby area and we found something interesting so, we set off.

We took a walk toward the Paddington village where they have eateries and a cool area called the Little Venice. It was quite a pretty place though most of the eateries were not opened in the morning. As we strolled through this beautiful Little Venice, we somehow spotted someone who looked like Jamie Oliver and we took a closer look and confirmed that it was him as he was doing an interview on the little boat. So cool…. I was star struck! 

We were finally boarded the train to Windsor and it was such a comfortable 20 minutes ride. The train was clean and spacious. When we arrived at Slough, we were required to catch a branch line train to Windsor. 

We arrived at Windsor and we followed the signage and went straight to the castle. The castle was huge but filled with local students and tourist. The security was really tied as we had to get our bags and body scanned before entering to the ticket counters. We continued to follow the signage after getting our tickets and we were finally in Windsor Castle. We toured the compound but not the inside of the castle which was not prohibited. 

The whole place was really nice and peaceful and we noticed that there were some houses opposite the Chapel and saw a few looked alike Queen Elizabeth. 😊 I am really amazed how the royals communicate when they lived in such huge castle. 

While I was checking out the souvenirs, I noticed the commotion and realized it was the ‘change of guards’ ceremony. It was very interesting to watch but was quite turned off by their attitude towards the people standing around to watch.

As it started to drizzle, we decided to leave the castle and while checking out the souvenirs, it started to rain. We hurried back to the train station and did some shopping there before heading back to Central London. It was a cool experience visiting the castle though unable to enter to see what’s inside but touring the compound of Windsor Castle is good enough to feel the presence of the Queen, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan.