To take advantage of our year abroad in the UK, a friend and I decided to embark on an Arthurian pilgrimage to Warwick and Tintagel in November 2011
My new friend!! Almost squished him when I got too excited with the zoom button...
This place was closed but I snuck in to get a photo of their landscaping
Get ready to hear Jasmine sing - this is the entrance to a whole new world...
Any self-respecting Star Trek fan wouldn't miss out on this sign... (despite the extra letter)
It was so amazing to see these dogs playing in the park - I love how dogs will always play no matter which continent they are on. Some things just don't change and this was a comforting sight. There was also a playground and families but I didn't want to be the creepy person taking photos of children...
And the grave behind it was empty...
The gate to the Warwick Castle grounds
The men's bathroom...
When I took this I was either stumbling or it was an attempt at being artistic
An old abbey
A Whomping Willow tree!
As well as a Star trek fan I'm also a Harry Potter enthusiast although when the books ended I was definitely not plagued with depression. 
Warwick has an abundance of these little balls of shrubbery/not sure of the botanical term
The locals didn't seem to notice the looming castle tower... how cool would it be to live so close to a castle? Especially the one that some of the cast of BBC's Merlin visit from time to time?
Entering the past... looking back at the present
Where the medieval feast was held but when we checked out the venue, the food was disappointingly plastic. Clearly we had missed the actual feast day.
Ah the toilet situation
As seen in the series!!!
He's made of wax... darn it
A room of medieval weaponry = home!
Yes, that's the Queen chillin' in the left corner
Stalking the falconer...
Developed from earlier Greek weapons, the Romans developed this weapon that was able to shoot lighter projectiles over a longer distance with extreme force. Often, this weapon could take out individual soldiers with its deadly accuracy. The Romans even developed smaller versions of this weapon that could easily be transported from site to site. The tiny ballistae could also be placed in towers to be used as sniper weapons. The trebuchet took over in popularity as did longbows and crossbows, which proved to be better for sniping.
A fantastic actress who told us about the mystery surrounding how Fulke Greville, baron of Warwick, may have been behind the genius of Shakespeare
Not climbing to the top of the highest tower was not an option on this tour.
A random peacock
A tree that looked a lot like a horse...
Alas the day at Warwick Castle had to end
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