{Travel Tuesday} Windsor - England

Windsor Castle

This was my 2nd trip back to London & this time I got to explore the city with my mom. It was her 1st overseas trip and I am happy to report that 6 months later, she is STILL talking about.

I planned the trip and made all the bookings myself instead of going through a travel agent. Virgin Atlantic had a great airfare special and we saved approximately R2000 per ticket to fly direct to London.

Every week I would sit down and open internet windows for Flight Centre, Travel Start, Booking.com and Trip Advisor.

Eventually everything was booked and we were on our way. In order to spend as much time in London and take a few days off to see Old Trafford in Manchester, we were on a super-tight budget.

I literally handed my mom her spending money every morning and put our food money in my purse & the balance in the safe. If we had no more money by the end of the day, we couldn't do anything else. Working with cash does allow a person to budget so much better - using a credit card is like "free money"

By being clever with food purchases, we managed to do every bit of sightseeing we wanted to do and still had about 20 Pounds left.

This is our time spent in Windsor, a short train ride from London.

I was as sick as a dog (not realising it was the pre-cursor to my bronchitis) but I pushed ahead and explored as much as I could. After all, how often does one get to sight see in such a beautiful little town?

Windsor is a quaint little town with a variety of assorted shops to browse; toy stores, department stores - all there.

Eton College is located in the town of Windsor. Windsor is also home to Windsor Castle, 1 of the official residences of the Royal Family.

The gardens surrounding the castle are simply magnificent - mom and I were speculating as to how much time the Queen actually gets to spend in her gardens...

Beautiful Gardens

I definitely recommend buying a London Pass - we used our Pass for this day trip and saved quite a bit of money on the train fare as well as the few souvenirs we bought.

My Dentist told me I needed a crown, I was like "I know right!?"

Go early in the morning as there is lots to explore around this little town, but if you are visiting London, definitely make Windsor a stop on the list - you won't regret it.