Today we went on a day trip to Hampton Court Palace, I thought that the palace and the gardens surrounding the palace were beautiful! It was so cool to be able to see where so many important people lived throughout history and be in a place with so much history inside of it’s walls.
The part of the palace that I enjoyed the most was King Henry the 8th’s apartments. I liked it the best because it reminded me of the Six musical, because it gave a little bit of a backstory for each of King Henry the 8th’s six wives which I really enjoyed reading about because I know the musical so well. I also liked the Council Chamber in King Henry the 8th’s apartments because it reminded me of reading all the books about King Arthur and his knights at the round table as a kid. The reason I thought of King Arthur and his knights at the round table in that room is because there was a circular table placed in the middle of the room and there was a throne at the head of the table and a few chairs surrounding the table that looked fancier than regular chairs but not as significant as the throne for King Henry. I thought that the gardens surrounding the property were very pretty and I would have loved to spend the day just laying out on a blanket, packing a picnic and looking at all the flowers and streams that went through the property.
I enjoyed looking at all of the different parts of the palace like the kitchen, the wine cellars, the weapons room, King Henry’s bedchambers, closet room, office, writing room, dining room, and multiple rooms that had different art pieces and tapestries in them. There was also a room in King Henry the 8th’s apartments that looked like a dining hall for parties, and it had interesting facts about what would happen during those parties, which I thought was very cool to read about.
Overall, I really enjoyed going to Hampton Court Palace today. I think we could have ended like 30 – 40 minutes earlier, but I liked looking at all of the different rooms in the palace, I thought that the chapel was beautiful and I may or may not have gotten in a little bit of trouble for taking a picture of the chapel when I wasn’t supposed to . . . in my defense I didn’t see the sign and there was someone else (not in our group) that took a picture first so I just assumed that we could – oops. I would definitely suggest Hampton Court Palace as a place for people who are looking for things to do, and it’s a huge place with lots to see.
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