Windsor Castle located out of London, travel by train is around 1 hour. Quite nice, but the entrance ticket quite expensive. Adult ticket: £15.50 , if you are student also need £14.00.
Windsor is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and the Official Residence of Her Majesty The Queen. Its rich history spans almost 1000 years. Windsor Castle still a working royal palace. It's famous about Queen Mary's Dolls House and State Apartments.
These are 2 pictures, please forgive me lazy to do edit.
(Left) Listening to the audio guide. (Right) The guide is not allow to move, I was so nervous to take a picture with him, cos he can suddenly change position one!
The following pictures is taken at "No Photos Allow" area, I took it secretly.. :p
Are you planning visit to United States on summer? If yes, I think you should include Morey’s Piers in your itinerary. It is a great place for a “New Jersey Vacation”. Morey's Piers also have New Jersey water parks and amusement parks. Their website is the place to find Wildwood New Jersey motels. Besides that, beginning Monday, June 29, Morey’s Piers will host weekly live concerts featuring Radio Disney’s up and coming stars. Every Monday through August 31, guests can catch a free concert on Mariner’s Landing pier. Concerts are at 1 pm and 4 pm, with an artist meet and greet following each performance.
First, show you the London Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple. I go there almost every Sundays, be a volunteer.
We had Bathing of the Buddha Ceremony in London's Leicester Square in honour of the Buddha's Birthday on 9th & 10th May.
Bathing Buddha. As you can see not only Chinese joined us.
Parade.
These are the members who preformed The Life of Buddha.
I am a volunteer teacher at temple. My students were performing hand sign language that they learn. Proud of them! They did very well! Even though I have to show them behind the audiences :p
Hehe.. do you see who's in this picture? :p I am a member of Young Adult Division (青年团), we had performed hand sign language too. (Sorry for the blur picture, cos is a picture of picture from notice board :p)
We had Children Corner for the kids who came.
We had colouring and making origami.
3 of us incharged of Children Corner.
They were so happy after learn how to make the origami. (^.^)
My host family also came to visit me. That is the girl I taking care, Alice.
Dear readers, Kikey is boring to blog about her France's trip already. So this will be the last post about France. Even though I didn't post all the places that I went, but I did posted all the very interesting places to share with you.
As I promised, this is all the tips I can provide, if anyone of you want to add other useful tips, please do so in comment. I will add in here.
Tips as below: 1) First of all, visit any Europe countries before 26s or have a student card, you can get discount for almost everything!!!
2) Try to make your trip to Paris on the first week of month, because most of the museums are FREE on the first Sunday of every month. Included all those famous museums: Musée du Loure, Musée d'Orsay, etc.(I had save some money because of free visited)
3) Different museums or interesting places have their own closing day. Remark them when you plan your itinerary.(I had plan a perfect days for myself :p)
4) Prepare Euro in bills (纸币) and coins (硬币), because almost all the machines only accept coins or bank card.(I don't like use my bank card in foreign country cos will get some charge)
5) If you backpacking, you probably will stay at HOSTEL instead of HOTEL, then remember to check whether they provide bed's sheet or not, if not bring your own single size bed sheet or you can rent from hostel with some money.(I don't think is heavy, so I bring my own from home)
6)Book train ticket as early as possible, because the EARLIER you book, the CHEAPER price ticket you get!
7) £ 2,500.50 (two thousand five hundred and fifty cents) in French they write in €2.560,50 so don't get confuse.
8) Even you don't how to speak French, please learn some basic words or sentences, and get a small French<->English phrase book for traveller, it help a lot!When conversation stuck, the BEST language is BODY LANGUAGE! （比手划脚）(I used quite a lot of time body language :p)
9) If you feel difficult to speak French, write them down in your note pad, especially when you buy train ticket! Write on the paper about destination and time.
The following sharing with you some of the things that I had tried in France:
Crêpes - One of the MUST eat in Paris. Quite like the British pancake that I posted last time. View the video if you want to see how it make and have a handsome French's guy at the end :p
My nice lunch at Paris, French's open face sandwich and a glass of beer. That was the first time I had beer at lunch :p
Omelette - Mt St Michel famous about this omelette. For me, that is nothing special than the one I normally had.
The lunch at Marseille - After I ate the seafood, I couldn't eat the sandwich at all, so at the end, the sandwich was became my dinner :p
My favorite, It's called Paella!! (Thanks to Jo and Alexander told me the name.) I had this at Arles, I love it so much!! It's a Spanish meal. (Rice, chickens, prawns, mussels, carrots, peas.)
Château de Versailles is another MUST go place while you travel to Paris.
Palace and gardens of Versailles which count among the most prestigious of the world's heritage sites and represent the finest and most accomplished achievement of 17th century French art. King Louis XIII's（法王路易十三） former hunting lodge was transformed and enlarge by his son Louis XIV（法王路易十四）, who install his court and government there.
I Really Can't Find Words To Describe How GORGEOUS It Is!! You NEED Go To Experience By Yourself, SEE It With Your Eyes!!
Get a day pass €20, visit all the palaces and royal courtyard.
Download this picture from internet, to let you have an idea how big the land Louis owned. 一望无际 http://www.french-touch-art.com/en-panorama_versailles.htm
This part only 20% of the garden! I showed them in a red circle at the google map below. http://claimial.pixnet.net/blog/post/3708719
From the palace walk to the end of grand canal without stopping, you need 1 hour.
Royal Courtyard（御花园）
Different part of garden have different title. The picture below just 1% of the Royal Courtyard.
