our 2nd day in London. A visit to Hampton Court. after a long tube ride we face a same long bus ride which was elongated by a stupid set red light. but we finally reached our goal: namely the castle.
There was a feast :Henry VIII. married for the 6th time. There was a show like there had been last Easter. so we half followed them ,half did our way round the castle, and then in the garden. As everybody was taking photos inside i did some too.
Outside:

The great hall:

We had a fine weather as during all our time in London so we had lunch outside in the yard, and then I took some more shots on the corridor and in the many hidden small yards.


Hampton court is famous for many things, but the countless chimneys and the grand clock is one of the spectaculars:


Then we visited the Royal chapel(really nice, don't miss it when you're around), the herb garden:

The Tudor kitchens(which were disguised as the classroom sceneries from Harry Potter)



The smaller yards:
The "Refridgerator" yard:


and some other:


Then we headed back to the castle, to the newer parts, plus for the young Henry exhibition.(in the rooms originally belonged to Cardinal Wolsey)

Before that Eva managed to capture a Hampton court Aerobic show from me(3 photos on through if you click quickly it looks like I'm doing some silly aerobics)I present you with the last piece of the series, "The turn":

It was late in the afternoon by the time we get to the gardens, and especially to the maze(5 minutes before closing).
Leaves on Garden entrance:

In the Maze we were really silly: i did a vid of Eva sneaking around, before that she was talking to me backwards while walking forward without looking....straight into a hedge...
So we ran around like crazy chasing each other with the camera(There must be something in the air as we did exactly the same 1,5 years ago with Eszti)


Two autumn shots just because of the lights and colours...


Back in the gardens I started the "let's make the perfect swan shot" interupted with the "sunset over HC Palace shots" :) Eva was over the Moon with joy because of this...:D ROFL


my "perfect swan shot" was ruined by a stupid kid who I already wanted to kick in te head for chasing the birds. She appears as a ghost on half of my photo making it quite bad.
But later i made a "nearly perfect young swan shot" which I'm really proud of, but since whoever I show it they are all like.
"look, little swan has a running nose, is it ill with bird flu?".
anyway, here it is, judge it yourself.

at the end of the day still in HC:


And the last shot with the chimneys(i actually have 3 sepia shots about them but let's this entry remain sepia less). :)
So we went back to London, and in Covent Garden we had dinner at the White Lion pub with a really stressed waiter. i had fish&Chips while Eva tried her luck with a game pie.

Hope you enjoyed.
Have a lovely week f-list! :)