Royalty For The Day!

On Wednesday we had an early day and then we went to Waterloo station where we took a train to Hampton Court Palace. I had seen it advertised on a lot of pamphlets and so I was excited to go see it.

It was the place where King Henry VIII lived and where he married Kathyrn and other cool things like that, that have to do with history! When we checked in they gave us headphones and they had these fun robes. We asked what they were for and they said we could wear them around the palace! Boo-Yah!
I had the hardest time picking which one to wear. They had green or red and then long or short. I finally ended up picking the short green one. I personally think it was a great choice!
The place was very interactive with many, many, many good photo spots. (Typical London) And so I will show you some of the great pictures we took! (See below):



They had so many fun interactive things to do there and they even had characters walking around the palace including the famous and favorite Henry VIII. We learned how to bow to royalty which was fun because whenever they walked by us we had to bow. As he walked by us he told us, "You have beauty in abundance." His squire said, "They have beauty where??? Oh, in abundance". Haha.
They also had fun performances going on and so we went to one where we helped Kathryn pick out her wedding dress. I was choosen from the audience to go up to the front and model one of the bonnet choices that she could wear with her dress.
I modeled it so well (or so I like to think) that my bonnet was choosen to be worn for her wedding. Yay!

We then went outside to the big, beautiful and perfect gardens. They were amazing and so fun to walk around in. Once we got to a certain place in the gardens we looked back and saw the house...and it looked exactly like Pride and Prejudice! No lie! (You can kind of tell by looking behind me).
We then went to a Maze that they had created in the gardens with all the huge shrubs and bushes. It is supposedly the worlds most famous maze...or so it claims.
It took us a while to get through it and then we made it to the center of the maze. By the center was the "cheater's" way out of the maze...and so we took it.
Afterwards we had dinner and then we went to the musical "Oliver" as a program, since they paid for it. It was SO fun! I loved it.
I didn't know really anything about the play, plot or any of the songs except for the line, "Please Sir, I want some more".
The little kids were amazing and had such pure and loud voices. I was shocked and enjoyed it the whole time and woke up the next morning singing, "Oliver, Oliver!"