Yay! We made it to the lovely city of Royal Tunbridge Wells! We stayed last night at the beautiful hotel converted from an old victorian mansion! LOVE it! We were on the top floor so we could look out over the lovely area. We sat around in fancy hats with little gloves and sipped our tea and ate biscuits. *sigh...* lovely...
We started the next day off right with a morning visit to a castle. (Cuz that's what you do in England, right? Visit castles? Right!) We chose Leeds Castle which is set on two islands on the River Len in the heart of Kent. Lords and ladies have resided here for over 1000 years. (*sigh...* how romantic... hehe)
Lord Conway once said Leeds Castle was "the loveliest castle in the world". Unfortunately I can't say whether I agree or not... I haven't actually seen EVERY castle in the world to make a truly informed judgment... and I do so hate to make uninformed decisions... so we'll just leave it at the fact that it WAS quite charming.
We took our morning tea in the fahncy little courtyahhhd. And yes. We did indeed speak with the most delightful accents while we drank our tea and ate our biscuits. Simply mahhhvelous dahhhling!
Ahhhh..... tea time in Royal Tunbridge Wells... you simply MUST experience it dears...
Next up: Bayham Abbey!
Check out these ruins! Me and mom wandered through the impressive grounds for most of the afternoon. We even had a little picnic under an arch. Parts of it were built back in the 13th century! *squeal!* Come on! You KNOW you wished you could have been there, too!
Before we headed on our way to the next city, we made one more stop at a....
(drumroll...)
CASTLE! Yay! We love castles!
This one is called Scotney Castle. Cuz Scots lived there you ask? Well, who knows. We didn't really pay much attention to our tour guide. We were too intrigued playing in the secret passageways and sneaking into the princess's chambers to try on gowns and tiaras! Woo hoo!
But after awhile of playing dress up, we got a little tired and through a fantastic hidden-door-book-case we found this quaint little library. We lounged for a bit reading Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and many other works from all the classic artists.
On our way out of town, we stopped at the Enchanted Forest!!!
No really! It's really called that! Sweet eh?!?!?!
Now... I can't say for certain... but I could have sworn I saw some sparkly wings fluttering and my Mom even swore once she heard singing from a beautiful golden flower.
Hey... anything can happen in an enchanted forest, right?!?!
Royal Tunbridge Wells was certainly exciting, but we were ready to be off on our next adventure. Next up!... Hawkhurst. Will there be hawks you ask? Well... I suppose we shall see now wont we? In 11.9 miles I'll let ya know!!!
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