Today started off at 7:20 am at the usual metro station meeting spot. I'm so tired these days that I don't really know what's going on in the morning or where we are going. I just show up. Ha ha so I had no idea we were going to Burghley House. When we walked into the grounds of Burghley House there was this huge herd of deer. Darrin said that the house has had it's own herd of deer since it was first built. The deer would just walk right up to you, one of them even ate a carrott right out of my hand!
After feeding the deer forever we got a private tour of Burghley. Burghley House was built by William Cecil the Lord High Treasurer and Chief Minister to Queen Elizabeth I, from 1520-1598. There is no High Treasurer today because the sixth Marquess was not able to produce an heir, so the house belongs to a charitable trust that was set up by him. The house was used a lot in the Keira Knightly Pride and Prejudice. Burghley House is Lady Catherine de Bourgh's home. It is so fun to see all of these places that are from the movies!
The home itself is beautiful. I am really enjoying all of these English homes more than the palaces in France. Burghley House has some very beautiful rooms and some cool portraits and furniture. Burghley House had many visits from the Queens over time, so they had certain rooms that were built for the Queen. My favorite room was the green satin room. My favorite part of the room was the bedspread. It was lime green and was embroidered all over. It was gorgeous.
Many of the wood ornamentation in the house is done by the famous Grinling Gibbons. My favorite of his work in the house is the Violins that are carved above one of the doors. It is beautiful. There is also a wooden carving of a bird. The bird was carved out of one piece of wood, and you can see every single detail. The bird looks real. The tiny little feathers are even carved in the wood, you could probably pet it.
After the tour we went to the house cafe and got scones and clotted cream. They were so yummy. My scone had raisins and then I put the clotted cream on and some strawberry jam. It was really really yummy. We went out into the gardens for a little while and took some more pictures. I love all these homes, but they do start to look a little similar after awhile. We left Blenheim and headed into town.
Stamford is the cutest little town. Just your typical little English town. I liked it a lot. Many of the Scenes in Pride and Prejudice were filmed in this town and so that was fun to see too! We had about an hour and a half to look around and shop. I bought my sister a really cute necklace from Dorothy Perkins and then Julia and I spent some time at Thornton's. Ha ha it is the greatest chocolate shop ever! Oh and it was raining so hard today, it rains so hard everyday, but my worthless umbrella got wripped to shreds by the wind so I had to buy another one in town. It was a bummer. Walking around town though I found a little bakery called Gregg's. Ha just like how my Dad spells it. It was awesome.
We got back to London at about 6:00pm. Julia and I headed to Leicester Square so she could get tickets to Les Miserables and then afterward we went to H&M and Harrods. Harrods is the largest department store in the world. It was huge!! And so much fun to walk through. I couldn't even fathom how large the place was. We didn't even get through half of it. After this I came back and talked with Kylee and Ashley for awhile. Ha ha they are so funny. It's going to be hard to go back to real life and not see these people everyday. I'm just loving London and this trip I'm so sad to leave!
After feeding the deer forever we got a private tour of Burghley. Burghley House was built by William Cecil the Lord High Treasurer and Chief Minister to Queen Elizabeth I, from 1520-1598. There is no High Treasurer today because the sixth Marquess was not able to produce an heir, so the house belongs to a charitable trust that was set up by him. The house was used a lot in the Keira Knightly Pride and Prejudice. Burghley House is Lady Catherine de Bourgh's home. It is so fun to see all of these places that are from the movies!
The home itself is beautiful. I am really enjoying all of these English homes more than the palaces in France. Burghley House has some very beautiful rooms and some cool portraits and furniture. Burghley House had many visits from the Queens over time, so they had certain rooms that were built for the Queen. My favorite room was the green satin room. My favorite part of the room was the bedspread. It was lime green and was embroidered all over. It was gorgeous.
Many of the wood ornamentation in the house is done by the famous Grinling Gibbons. My favorite of his work in the house is the Violins that are carved above one of the doors. It is beautiful. There is also a wooden carving of a bird. The bird was carved out of one piece of wood, and you can see every single detail. The bird looks real. The tiny little feathers are even carved in the wood, you could probably pet it.
After the tour we went to the house cafe and got scones and clotted cream. They were so yummy. My scone had raisins and then I put the clotted cream on and some strawberry jam. It was really really yummy. We went out into the gardens for a little while and took some more pictures. I love all these homes, but they do start to look a little similar after awhile. We left Blenheim and headed into town.
Stamford is the cutest little town. Just your typical little English town. I liked it a lot. Many of the Scenes in Pride and Prejudice were filmed in this town and so that was fun to see too! We had about an hour and a half to look around and shop. I bought my sister a really cute necklace from Dorothy Perkins and then Julia and I spent some time at Thornton's. Ha ha it is the greatest chocolate shop ever! Oh and it was raining so hard today, it rains so hard everyday, but my worthless umbrella got wripped to shreds by the wind so I had to buy another one in town. It was a bummer. Walking around town though I found a little bakery called Gregg's. Ha just like how my Dad spells it. It was awesome.
We got back to London at about 6:00pm. Julia and I headed to Leicester Square so she could get tickets to Les Miserables and then afterward we went to H&M and Harrods. Harrods is the largest department store in the world. It was huge!! And so much fun to walk through. I couldn't even fathom how large the place was. We didn't even get through half of it. After this I came back and talked with Kylee and Ashley for awhile. Ha ha they are so funny. It's going to be hard to go back to real life and not see these people everyday. I'm just loving London and this trip I'm so sad to leave!
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