With the help of tour guide Cindy, the trusty Peugeot and GPS, we visited the neighboring city’s of Windsor, Eton, Oxford and Cambridge on two day trips from Amersham. Easy drives and no tolls!
Windsor is the home of Windsor Castle and one of the Queens favorite homes. She spends quite a few weekends here as does the Royal family. The forecast was for heavy rains, so we passed on the tour and walked around the castle.
Lovely place. We think we saw a Royal out for a pony lesson.
Eton is a neighboring city, separated by the River Thames. Very exclusive🧐
Oxford, but first outside of Oxford is the only American cemetery from WW2 in England. Over 8,000 buried here and a memorial wall for over 5,000 MIA.
FYI, freedom don’t come free🇺🇸
In Oxford we parked out of town and road a shuttle in. Beautiful city but swarming with tour bus crowds.
The next day, Cambridge. Again, we used the shuttle into town as it was graduation weekend and packed.
This is our first time visiting Europe in the summer, always spring or fall before. The crowds can be a little overwhelming, but we try and hit the big stuff by 8:00 am to avoid the tour bus crowds.
Going back off the beaten path tomorrow, to the Bath area and the Cotswolds😎🍺 Today will be an R&R day, and enjoying our little village here and the surrounding villages.
God save the Queen, God save the King. There will always be an England 👍😎
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I just got off the Middle Fork of the Salmon river. And I pushed home to Boise in one day. My home is not a cool as Windsor Castle (but pretty nice) and where I went to college (Temple in Philadelphia) was not as cool at Oxford. The British institutions you have seen are very nice. I want to get there (England) and see the country side. I hope you can send along some photos of the countryside.
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