So, the queen is a big deal. I implicitly knew that, but it's hard to understand until you start wandering around Windsor (the town built around Windsor Castle). Most things are about the queen. Or the royal family. Or people that used to be queen, or the royal family. I find it incredibly confusing trying to keep everyone and every title straight, but I can see how people get obsessed about it.

Today Yvette drove us to Windsor Castle. The Queen was there at the time (you can tell because the royal flag is flying over the castle if she's in residence). We tried to see her but apparently we weren't on the invite list. Go figure.

The castle itself is incredibly old and quite amazing. We saw St. George's Chapel inside the castle. The Chapel is architecturally amazing and extremely ornate.

We all received headsets to feed us information as we walked through the open parts of the castle. Truman hung in there for several hours before he got bored and just wanted to leave. He spent more than a little while laying on the red carpet of the inside of the castle. :)

After we finished the castle, we needed to change our plans around to accommodate the kids' interest and energy levels. Instead of driving to the zoo, we walked across the street to an old British pub (across the street from the castle) and enjoyed a nice pint of ale and some traditional British food.