Le Voyages: Wonderful Windsor

For our first wedding anniversary, S and I decided to have a weekend away in Windsor. We were meant to be in Burgundy, France at the time but decided to postpone that trip because we just wanted to settle in London for our first week.

Windsor did not disappoint. As it turned out, we had such a romantic weekend together.

Windsor is about 45 minutes to an hour train ride out of London and is home to the largest inhabited/used castle in the world. In fact, while we were there the flag was raised which meant that the Queenie Poo herself was in residence. Windsor is apparently her weekend home! How humble of her.

The weather was just glorious. Blue skies and a beautiful temperature. See the pictures below for proof. It is such a quaint, relaxed little town with streets lined full of amazing looking cafes, restaurants and pastry shops. And how can I forget the gorgeous little hidden gardens.

We decided to splash out on accommodation and stayed at the Mecure Castle Hotel which was literally opposite the castle. It was A-mazing.

We spent the whole of Saturday afternoon exploring Windsor Castle. We also did it in true tourist style and opted to take the audio guide which was actually really useful. Our favourite part of the Castle was the State Rooms. My favourite room is the one in which the British Royals host banquets/balls and which has each plaque of all 1000 knights (number 1000 being Prince William himself). Amazingly, each knight has a separate plaque and symbol. We also found the artwork in the Castle absolutely incredible. The room filled with a portion of the Royals china and crockery was also a favourite!

The Windsor Chapel was equally as fascinating. It houses the graves of King Henry VIII and his favourite Jane Seymour as well as the Queen Mother.

After our visit to the Castle we had a traditional afternoon tea at Windsor's oldest restaurant. Yum! Scones, jam and cream - I could eat you all day.

On Saturday night we had an amazing "First Wedding Anniversary Dinner" at a ritzy Italian restaurant called La Taverna. I possibly had the best calamari I have ever had at that restaurant. We were underwhelmed when a white plate was brought out with only the calamari and lemon. No garnish. Not fancy. But it didn't need to be because it was all in the food.

On Sunday we had a lovely sleep in followed by a scrummy breakfast in Eton. Eton is a little town right next to Windsor and is home to the famous Eton College. Prince William and Prince Harry both attended Eton College. As did many other famous/royal Britons. Eton College is amazing because it is like a little town. It is also incredibly incredibly expensive.

We finished our weekend in Windsor with a lovely boat ride down the Thames River. We saw lots of beautiful houses, the Windsor Race Track, lots of Brits getting red raw sun burnt having picnics and all the beautiful swans owned by the Royal family.

It was a perfect way to spend our first wedding anniversary.