Hampton Court Palace 06/04/2008

Our trip on a snowy day to Hampton Court Palace, accompanied by our Gambian friend Salifu Manneh.

Click here to see details from the Historic Royal Palaces web site.

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Front view          Front view

 

Front view          Sara in front of the palace.

 

Tree! (Looks like miseltoe on the branches)          Front view

 

One of the inner courtyards          he inner courtyards

 

Snow in the garden          Another courtyards

 

Some impressive pillars          Fountain

 

Ellen, Sara, Salify, & Pat.          Outside the chapel

 

The wine cellar          The wine cellar

 

In the kitchen          In the kitchen

 

In the kitchen          Crush those herbs!

 

Work harder!          In the kitchen

 

In the kitchen          Looking in ye olde recipe book.

 

In the kitchen          Making a cherub from beas wax

 

In the kitchen          The big fire place in the kitchen

 

Around the fire place in the kitchen          In the kitchen

 

Snowing again!          Impressive paintings on the stairway

                

Ellen & Sara          Ellen & Sara

                    

The Privy Garden          The Privy Garden

 

Beautifully shaped trees          At the rear of the palace

 

Fountain          Rear view of the palace

 

Beautifully shaped trees          Ellen & Salif

                

Ellen & Salif (close up)          Fountain in the distance

 

Ellen in front of the fountain          Fountain again

 

Rear of the palace          Making a wine foutain from beas wax (the chebub goes on top)

 

Turning the chickens on the spit          Turning the chickens on the spit

 

Wine fountain again          Gargoil at the front of the palace

 

Gargoil at the front of the palace

 

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