First of all, don't listen to that moron Rick Steves.
He gave Hampton Court a ridiculously low star rating in his Europe guidebook.
Heathen.
What does he know.
My friends, Hampton Court is so fantabulously fantabulous, it is worthy of being on my blog.
It was given to Henry VIII by Wolsey, party in the hopes that would surround Wolsey with a measure of protection.
*cough*
And we know how that turned out.
One of the neatest things about Hampton is that the architecture represents a varity of styles and periods.
It's practically an art gallery within itself.
When I turned a corner and came upon this painting, I freaked out (which for me, means stunned silence) -
I've probably gone on about this before on the blog, so I won't take the time to now, but anywhoo, it's beautiful and if you want to read the paper I wrote about it, email me.
:)
Check out this site for a very nifty tour -
http://www.the-eye.com/hcintro.htm
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