London Day 2

Today we had 3 objectives: Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and St Paul's. Well 2 out of 3 is a pretty good average since we had to defer pictures of Buckingham Palace to tomorrow due to some train issues coming back from Windsor Castle, but more on that later.We set out for Windsor Castle about 9:00, only to find out that our travel passes were not good on the subway until after 9:30! So we cooled our heels in the subway station for 20 minutes, then caught our subway to the first train then to a second train and we made it to Windsor Castle about 10:45. As we arrived they had a copy of the Queens Engine in the station and I reached for my camera - and came up empty. So todays pictures are either from Mary or my phone.
Windsor Castle was quite large and interesting. As with Westminster Abbey and St Paul's, no interior photography was allowed, but the rooms were very impressive. They even showed where the 1992 fire started and you could see in several of the rooms that the wood was new. We saw Queen Mary's doll house and dolls. The doll house was a 1:12 scale castle with 4 floors and included cars and garages. There was another display of her dolls which were nearly 2 feet tall and had furs, gowns, and many fancy clothes.
Upon leaving we made it to the second train station, but our express train was marked as delayed.
Another came,but just as they cancelled our train due to "track blockage", that train pulled out so we had to wait on another. Given the loss of 1 hour, we decided to head right to St Paul's and got there by 3:30, 1/2 hour before it closed. Again, no interior photos allowed, but it is a very impressive church.
We stayed for Evensong, only to find this was their school commencement as well. The pastor had a very good address for the kids. But it, as with Westminster Abbey, was a very nice worship service with the historic liturgy.
So all in all, it was a good day.