Our last day in England we spent driving through the Cotswold's, which is where English wool comes from. It was really charming. We stopped to tour a highly recommended palace called Blenheim Palace. The Duke of Marlborough lives here, and this is where the Churchill family comes from. Winston Churchill's grandfather was the Duke of Marlborough when he was born, then later, the title passed to his Uncle. We saw the room where Winston was born, having come a month premature while his mother was here visiting.
It is very grand! I loved it!
The garden's were immaculate!
My gang!
After Blenheim we drove up through the small Cotswold villages to hook back up with the Autobahn. Which is called Motorway in England! We passed through such charming villages as Chippen Camden, Stow-on-the-wold, and Stratford upon Avon. We passed many darling Thatched cottages. I fell in love with these cute homes. They looked like something straight out of a fairy tale. A couple of the ones we passed were for sale...I tried to convince Matt we needed a summer cottage, but he didn't go for it. I still think it would make an awesome vacation home!
Right before we linked up with the Motorway we saw this castle. It is a medieval castle called Warwick Castle. I had to stop and take a picture, I thought it was pretty magnificent looking.
It was a fun morning spent in the English Countryside, but now we are headed to the crown jewel of our English experience...the OLYMPICS!
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