When you live in London there’s plenty to see. But even more if you venture out a bit and do lovely little day trips. As it was a Bank Holiday yesterday we decided to go to Hampton Court, roughly half an hour by train from Waterloo station.

The modest (ha!) house of Henry and his many many wives is a true gem. I would definitely recommend everyone to go there.

I fell in love.

Considering that a few hundred normal houses would fit into that palace, there was plenty to see. We got lost a couple of times. I wonder if Henry had a map.

Ha! Don’t let that treacherous sun fool you – it started to drizzle right when we wanted to have a walk around in the park. So instead we opted for free wine.

It literally came out of a fountain.

Could I have one of these for my 25st birthday please? Thank you.

Few other lovely sights:

That grass looks mowed! Ha!

One of the things I loved the most was (surprise surprise): the kitchen! You could watch how the staff made “authentic” Tudor-ish dishes.

I’m telling you.. That kitchen was MASSIVE! But considering that they had to prepare food for 600 people at once I can imagine that they needed that much space.

By the way, if you want to try some Tudor dishes.. check out this link:

Chances are you’ll get as fat as Henry XIII soon enough.

It was such a lovely day despite the rain. But in the end we fell asleep on the train back to London. All that walking is so tiring for us grandmas!

Oh wait, I almost forgot my favourite thing of the castle:

A place for a royal shit.
Lovely!