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Warwick Castle 9/29

Warwick castle is about 25 minutes away from the university and a few of us actually took an organized university group trip to visit the castle.

The castle overlooks the River Avon and is in the town of Warwick of the English county of Warwickshire. The castle dates back to 1088 and is one of the oldest in England. It was the best preserved castle that I have ever seen.

The castle sprawls over the English countryside and you can see the charming town of Warwick and sheep lazily grazing in the distance. The gardens are beautiful, especially the peacock garden - where a multitude of peacocks were just hanging out and basking in the sun (yes, we had sun today!) The atmosphere, besides the business of the tourists, was very peaceful and had a quite beauty.

I just read that the castle was bought by The Tussauds Group at some point - think Madame Tussauds...which would explain all of the wax figures. Using the life-like wax figures, Warwick set the scene of what living in a castle was like and how it operated. It was scary how real some of the wax figures looked.

Overall it was a great day! We had sunshine, saw an amazing castle, had a lot of exercise (over 500 steps) and had the chance to get off of campus and see the sights.

Photo 1 - Irina, Tatiana and me in front of the Warwick Castle
Photo 2 - Up on a look out tower with the castle in the background
Photo 3 - One of the wax figures
Photo 4 - In the castle gardens
Photo 5 - The remains of the bridge over the River Avon
Photo 6 - A view of the English countryside from the castle (can you spot the sheep)
Video 1 - A short video of the Castle