Holiday Pictures - Post 2

[aalia7]

Here we are at the Strand - the riverside leisure area I frequented as a kid. Some of my best memories are from the Strand, and it's super special to see my kids enjoying the same things I did. Being a complete gypsy all my life, this is the first time I've experienced something like this and it's magical.

Comments

[droxy]

Awesome and thanks for sharing pics!

[aalia7]

It's an absolute pleasure! More to come.

[jewells68]

Thank you all the pics. I really do hope to visit the UK sometime in the future... but for now I'll have to travel vicariously through you and your family.

[aalia7]

I hope it's not too boring with the historical tidbits, but I love how the history here gives everything context.

The wartime village is really cool...that's next on the journal agenda!

[wunnerwmn]

Oooh, amazing photos! Not sure I could manage that spiral staircase (ulp!) but how great to be able to wander around a real castle. :) I wasn't familiar with that painting - thanks for the link, that was interesting!

[aalia7]

Those stairs were killing me by the end of the visit! Medieval ladies must have been seriously fit! :)

That's one of my favourite paintings (love the Pre-Raphaelite style of it) - and immediately what popped into my head as I was dragging myself up those stairs.

[ofenjen]

I have some serious castle envy right now! What wonderful photos!

[aalia7]

Thank you! I'm so thankful we have a nice long month to see lots of things - and take lots of pics!