I am Henry the Eighth I am

We spent the next day traveling by train, bus, and train again to Hampton Court Palace. Apparently the London Transit System likes to do "engineering works" or construction maintenance on the weekends, so we had ourselves a little adventure to go about 15 miles. Once there, the grounds were massive. Hampton Court Palace was treated as a "country house" by many monarchs, but most famously by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. This made it that much more alluring for Georgia, especially since they had actors in period costumes reenacting the wedding day of King Henry to Katherine Parr, his sixth wife.

The kids tackled the hedge maze, finding the center in about six minutes. I guess they had good practice in Vancouver. We spent the afternoon wandering around the apartments of various kings and queens, touring the massive palace kitchens, and admiring the ornamental gardens
that also contained the world's oldest and largest grapevine that was planted in 1786.
There was even a huge astronomical clock with the sun orbiting the earth.