8 October 2014 ~ Turk Launches

Listening to: Burning Spear ~ People Get Ready (Burlington, VT, 10-23-1986)


Last week Saturday after brunch of eggs benedict (served the English way on white bread toast and ham) and Bloody Mary's (which I'm not sure even included vodka) I took the Turk Launch boat to Hampton Court.

The pier is directly across the river from my lodgings.

The ride was 35 minutes and quite relaxing.

This classic car was spotted parked along the river bank. Also interesting was that tents were put up and people were apparently just camping willy-nilly. I guess because it's truly "public" land.

 

 First glimpses the court, although this is not the main castle which was the destination.

Here is the classic façade of Hampton Court, where you get two palaces for the price of one. The rose red brick Tudor palace is indelibly associated with Henry VIII (king of England starting in April 1509). The baroque palace, first occupied in 1700, has some great gardens around it.

I had just watched a PBS special on Hampton Court about 2 months ago, and could not pass up this opportunity since it was in the neighborhood.

More to come on Hampton Court and King Henry VIII.