Around London

There are plenty of places to see around London. I had one weekend so narrowed it down to a few places. First up on the list was Windsor castle. The largest inhabited castle was about an hour's journey by train. Very close to the station, the entry line was huge. Took me about half an hour to get in but they do provide audio guides as well and since it is inhabited, security checks also take time. Inside there is a tour of the state apartments, the doll house, and a number of other areas to be visited. The Saint George's cathedral of course is another fine piece of architecture. It was a sunny day and it took me easily the better part of the day to see it all.

Salisbury was a little further off in another direction. The cathedral there was a little more lax in the photography area. The interiors of course as in others are magnificent. Also it does hold the oldest working clock and the best preserved copy of Magna Carta. Listening to the Organ playing on the way out was another treat. There are regular buses to the Stonehenge from Salisbury. The next stop was there. Theories regarding it aside, it is an iconic historical circle of stones. Seems to have been under a fair bit of wear and tear as earlier, people did chip off pieces from it as a souvenirs until they blocked general public from getting too close.


Final stop was the city called Bath which is famous for its ruins of a Roman bath. Can think of quite a few jokes on the name but this is not the place. The abbey overlooks it and had reached there when a mass was going on so could not go inside but the baths themselves were quite interesting. They are located on a hot spring and the ruins are preserved not too well but visible. The city itself is quite idyllic and architecturally very important for its Georgian flavor. The Pulteney bridge and Royal Crescent being the famous ones.