[September 12]: London: Windsor Castle

I am NOT happy. I took so many amazing pics at Windsor Castle and Eton on Sunday and the majority of them (like 90) 'disappeared'. I don't know where they went. I saw them in iPhoto, and started to load them, iPhoto quit randomly, and poof they were gone. When this has happened before, sometimes the pictures have turned up later SOMEHOW. I really don't know how that works but that's my sad story.

Anyway, we started out the day taking a little walk around Windsor, which is just outside of London. We saw Eton, the most expensive boys' school in England... 28,000 pounds a year which is roughly $42,000. Prince William and Harry went there. We actually saw some of the 'posh boys' walking around wearing this (I DID NOT TAKE THIS PICTURE):

(image courtesy of: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/14/1242303662991/School-uniforms-Boys-make-010.jpg)

Here is a small portion of Windsor Castle, which is about 1,000 years old:

I just find these photos so awkward and yet I insist on taking them:

My roommate took this pic:

Just happened to see this walking to the bathroom, no biggie right?:

Of course, a ton of the castle pics disappeared but this one remained:

The view in the evening out of my dorm window!!!:

Last night I went with a small group to see fireworks over the Thames for the Thames Festival... there weren't too many people on the tube on the way there and I decided to take this pic to show the gates you have to pass through as you enter and exit the tube station. You have to scan your ticket/oyster card to get through.

A map of the tube network:

Waiting for the fireworks... Yes, that is the Tower, the Eye, and Big Ben... Hard to see. But they're there.

Last hurrah before classes start!

Pretty lighting at night...