The beginning of one of the coolest days ever!!

We have arrived! At this point I didn't know what to expect...we were a group of decidedly Western/Northern Hemisphereans, Canadian/Alaskan contingent, (poor Lou (English) all by herself), and I was a bit disappointed. When you say 'palace' I expect...Neuschwanstein or something, not...large brick house, but...







First things first, it was suggested that we conquer Hampton Court's maze while we still had the energy. T'wasn't much I must say...but then I guess we 'cheated' making sure we were going the opposite way of people who wore these stickers 'I made it to the centre of the maze!' or something like that.

Hey, it's 'think better, not work harder' right?






Umm...I guess the lesson here would be 'cheaters never prosper' - because we cheated our way in, finding our way out was a lot harder and we opted out for the 'help, save us' door.

But I got my sticker though...however tainted it might be ;)