I weight my bag before departure and it's a half kilogram too heavy.  I grab my bag of dirty laundry out of it so my luggage is under the 20kg limit and carry the laundry on the bus.  We wait until 8:15 for the bus to arrive.  It's great to finally meet all of my fellow travelers.  The bus has three empty seats that will be filled by some late arrivals in Scotland. 

We have a diving tour of London, seeing Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Big Ben, etc.) before heading to Windsor.  Arriving in Windsor mid-morning, I dart up the castle.  The Royal residence, the castle is huge and I'm concerned about rushing through it.  There's no ticket line and we browse the state apartments which remind me of Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna.  Last year, we learned about the emperor and his wife's 20" waist (and have ben researching this ever since).  This year, I learned about the king's bed chamber.  This room was not for sleeping, but for the official wake up of the king and his greeting of visitors.  I need to convert my second room to this purpose.

We tour St. Margaret's Doll House and watch the changing of the guard (very cool and with a close up view).  This left enough time for lunch and a free sample of fudge from the fudge store.  The best things in life really are free.  Then we departed for the university town of Oxford.

Our walking tour of Oxford showed us the sites, many of which were in the Harry Potter movies.  I imagine Bill Clinton wandering here taking advantage of the schools ample assets.   I visit the Ashmolean museum which was fun for its variety of exhibits.  We checked into the hotel (much nicer than London's) and have a pub dinner.  It was an earlier night and getting to sleep before 11pm was a great way to catch up on the limitted sleep of the previous nights. 

View the London to Windsor to Oxford photo album.