Hampton Court called The Great Hall, which is England’s greatest medieval hall and one of Britain’s oldest theatres. William Shakespeare’s company performed there in 1603-4. It is famous also because it was one of Henry VIII’s palaces in 16 century. It is unmissable to not visit it if you love the historical of England’s buildings and architectures.

We went to visit Hampton Court after watching one of my favourite TV series The Tudors.It took 1 hour by train to get there and we had a picnic at lunch, and then walked around the court for at least 3-4 hours. It is an enormous palace with many pretty gardens – even have a grape garden to make wine for Henry VIII. It still remains the same looking kitchens, beds, entertaining rooms as well as gardens in the period of Henry VIII. It was a great trip and it makes me feel that was it like in the old days. There are some pictures here.

汉普顿宫廷

汉普顿宫廷誉为贵族宫殿，是英国最大也是最老的宫殿和戏剧院。莎士比亚剧院曾在16世纪在这里演出。汉普顿宫廷的出名是因16世纪亨利八世在这里执政，这是他最爱的宫廷之一。假如你喜欢英国历史文化和建筑，汉普顿宫廷你是绝对不可以错过的。

因亨利八世BBC连续剧，我决定来汉普顿宫殿参观下。大概一个半小时的地铁到车程，我们先在花园野餐，然后再进入宫殿。里面超级大，就花园就有4-5个不同形状和主题的花园，还有葡萄园 – 据说亨利八世自己种的葡萄，然后运酿成葡萄酒。当时英国也有很好的葡萄酒。

宫殿里面有亨利八世的日常生活的细节。最好玩的是你首先进入厨房。你闻到阵阵木材味道，原来为了旅客们亲身体验亨利八世的厨房，厨房一直烧着木材。里面还有很多新鲜蔬菜，肉类，让你知道当时厨房要准备600多人的饮食多么不容易。

接着参观亨利八世睡过的床，执政的地方，宴会的客厅，皇后们的房子，花园，亨利八世和皇后的房间正对着花园和喷泉，真是好风景！然后一个很多的迷宫供给他们娱乐，还后旧时候他们发明的室内皇式网球场。宫殿至少需要3-4小时才能游览完毕，这让我幻想，旧时候的皇室生活表面是多么的奢侈及繁华富贵，但又为了权利和财富而勾心斗角，我想每个社会都是这样发展起来的。汉普顿宫廷是一个不能错过，十分有趣和富有历史意义的旅程。这里有很多里面的照片哦！