Windsor, the second home of Queen Elizabeth II of England. A beautiful part of the country, west of London and within a ‘stones throw’ from Heathrow airport. Actually too close to the airport as the main flight path for the planes landing is directly over the Castle.
They should never have built the castle there!!
I was over in Windsor for 2 days, as our UK head office is in ‘
Theale’ which is on the M4 corridor, near Reading and near our biggest European customer;
Vodafone.
I flew in from Zurich this time directly to Heathrow and jumped in a pre-booked ‘Private Car’ as regular ‘
Black Cabs’ are extremely expensive, so make sure you book your ride in advance.
I stayed in a quaint hotel (
the Caste hotel) in the main high street.
Typical English style hotel, with carpets in all the rooms and bathroom. That evening we had dinner in a local restaurant/bar down by the river, which was great. The food is always plentiful and pints of beer are the local tradition, although I switched to red wine, as I’m not a hardened drinker anymore. Too many years outside of the UK and I don’t enjoy the Pub lifestyle. Anyway besides the Queen staying in Windsor, which of course you can tell when she’s home or not because the Union Jack flag is flying high when she’s in residence, but then again she has many castle to chose from in the UK, there are famous people. Like
Nick Faldo (yes the famous golfer) and many many others. Actually Nick was walking with his son down by the river when we were in the restaurant.
Windsor, the second home of Queen Elizabeth II of England. A beautiful part of the country, west of London and within a ‘stones throw’ from Heathrow airport. Actually too close to the airport as the main flight path for the planes landing is directly over the Castle. They should never have built the castle there!!
I was over in Windsor for 2 days, as our UK head office is in ‘Theale’ which is on the M4 corridor, near Reading and near our biggest European customer; Vodafone.
I flew in from Zurich this time directly to Heathrow and jumped in a pre-booked ‘Private Car’ as regular ‘Black Cabs’ are extremely expensive, so make sure you book your ride in advance.
I stayed in a quaint hotel (the Caste hotel) in the main high street. 
Typical English style hotel, with carpets in all the rooms and bathroom. That evening we had dinner in a local restaurant/bar down by the river, which was great. The food is always plentiful and pints of beer are the local tradition, although I switched to red wine, as I’m not a hardened drinker anymore. Too many years outside of the UK and I don’t enjoy the Pub lifestyle. Anyway besides the Queen staying in Windsor, which of course you can tell when she’s home or not because the Union Jack flag is flying high when she’s in residence, but then again she has many castle to chose from in the UK, there are famous people. Like Nick Faldo (yes the famous golfer) and many many others. Actually Nick was walking with his son down by the river when we were in the restaurant.
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Nice pictures. I should definitely go to UK some time. Should be ashamed, I haven't seen London yet :)
Yes should be ashamed as you have lived in Europe long enough!!
UK visa application form contains too many questions: Are you going to commit any crime in UK? Did you have any connections with terrorists? Why are you going to UK? and so on ans so on... Alltogether it is about 10 pages and I usually give up at page 3.
My favorite question were: Do you have any close friends in UK, if yes, describe your relationships. Are you going to UK in order to marry UK citizen? :)))
Having a British Passport definitely saves a lot of hassle. Well I'll tell you all about it when I finish of this section.
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