Day 7 in Oxford

Today we left Oxford bright and early and went down the road to Blenheim Palace, home to the 11th Duke of Marlborough (and all the other Dukes before him) and the biggest palace in England.

It was a beautiful day, although it started out foggy. The first really sunny spring day we've had so far. We had a tour of the inside of the palace (well, about a quarter of it). The Duke lives in the east wing of the palace, and when he's actually at his palace, his "personal flag" is displayed outside. Sadly the duke was not in today. The inside that we saw consisted of extravagant rooms with lots of gold and silver and tapestries. absolutely beautiful. There were many many paintings of past dukes and duchesses displayed, along with a phenomenal library and a huge organ. After the tour we got to explore the grounds on our own. with over 2000 acres, we could have been there all day. The duke has his own train that takes him around the grounds, a fish pond, a temple of Diana where Winston Churchill proposed to his wife, 2 huge lakes, sheep, a waterfall, pretty much anything you could ever imagine. I could've spend weeks there.

then we headed home to Bath! home sweet home.