Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

I stil remember yesterday Brian saying that we will DEPART frm our house at 10am, as usual it wont happen... haha... We actually left house at 10.40am which was consider as GOOD, lol.

We arrived Alnwick at 1pm, then had our lunch at a restaurant.
I had Cod Fish with Mash Pototas with some herbs [cant remember =P].
Man it taste FANTASTIC ^^. I'm always a fan of mash potatos ^^.

Dan had muscles in a bowl of creamy white soup. If you see the amount of shells of the muscles you can just imagine the amount of food the hantu consume.... KONG BU...
But that dish was realllly GOOD ^^.



After makan, fist stop was Alnwick Garden. The crowd was really big as it's Bank Holiday. Lots of family decided to have a family day.
Entrance fee for an adult is £12. Since everyone but me are student, the cashier thought that I was a student as well, so I got to buy the student price which is 50pence off ><''// better than nothing i guesss... haha...
Fountain

There's a TREE HOUSE in the Garden. Everything there is mad of WOOD.
There's 2 hanging bridge. Basically what we did was just walk around using the hanging bridge. Not that scary to be honest cause its really secure compared to Msia's NS [thats what Gary told me, papan ada LUBANG... haha].



After the Garden, here comes the Alnwick Castle.
The minute we walked out from the path, the 'GIANT' just amazed everyone. Its truely magnificent. From the view, you can see all the towers all preserved well, every stone, brick.
There was a big piece of field just outside the castle. That reminds us of Hindi Movies..gaga... really... you can just roll down from the hill or you prefer to run with a selendang behind... haha...


The first place we enter was a dungeon.

The dungeon was used to keep prisoners. Trust me, I saw bones in the dungeon which was built beneath the castle. Of course we couldnt get down to have a look.
This reminds me of a show called THE MOST HAUNTED. Its a bunch of wu liao people exploring the castles in UK midnight to 'check' whether is there any spirit in the castles, TRUST me.... THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM....



We then went to the 'store room' of the castle. The place where all the antiques are safely kept. That the most valuable part of the castle, cause the security system was sooooooo sensitive that we must off our mobiles & no cameras were allowed inside. This proves how valuable the stuff were inside.
The old guy workin there was reallly super nice. He actually told us that, all antiques MUSNT be handled with bare hands. Reason being is your hands are damp [more or less] which has a certain level of acidity which then will lead the antiques to rust & damage of course.
Every thing inside was presevered so well that you never ever thought that they are 300 years old.
The sculptures were beautiful. As for the painting, I am not soo much of a ART fan so to me sama saja... haha... They are just like inside the Harry Potter Movies where they play the role of HANTU.
If only I could take the photos of the crafting, the ceiling, the pillers... Its just undescribeable.
And we were sooooo shocked to knew that the castle is OWNED by SOMEONE.
HE ACTUALLY OWN THE WHOLE DAMN THING. Thats the reason why we see PRESENT PEOPLE photos in the library. No way during ancient time they hav COLORED PHOTOS.
If I am not mistaken the lady told is its The Percy Family. Their ancestor own the castle since 1930 till now... 700 years ah!!!!
The second largest inhabited castle in England after Windsor, which still live here holding their titles of, the Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309.
OMG>>> HOW COOOOL IS THAT!!!!! WHy my ancestors tak ada CASTLE DE... haha... Nvm then...
Not to mention, after Prince William, Ther Percey Family is SECOND... SECOND ah... OMG>>> Can you imagine the wealth!!!!!


We visited the Knight's School where I took a photo with a little girl dressed up like the olden days Princess, CUTE. Boys were dress in Knights armer etc... haha...





At 4.45pm we left the castle.
At the exit there were some Harry Potter Notice board... haha

Alnwick Castle is used for A LOTS of movies making... Surprisingly huh...


Something really intersting or should I say I make a NEW & YOUNG friend, 7 years of age ><''//... haha
Her name is Laire [If I m not mistaken], a Korean mix British. MAN SHE IS SUPER SUPER ADORABLE, PRETTY, SMART.
The minute she speaks KOREAN, IMPRESSIVE dude.... There were a Korean dude with a korean girl sitting just next to us. Oh yah, Laire insisted that she wants to sit with me + P... haha...
She communicated with the guy in Korean... THe only thing I understand was CHIN-GU [pointing at me, which means friend I think], and the word OH-BAH, OH-Ni... haha...
She hugged everyone including me. Oh yah, she said, "I bet your mum isnt as pretty as you...".... GAGAGA>>>> hahaha...
We took a few photos & I wanted to send to her through email but being a 7 years old she doesnt have one... So, her mother gave me her number telling me that she has fallen in love with me O.o ... haha...
Maybe i should ring her sometime... haha...


Laire know about 4 languages. English, Korean, a bit of Japanese & a little of German. We were like... WHAO!!!! Thats super isnt it!!!!!
Dan & Brian was joking saying that ALL OF US ARE MIX MA!!! haha... Hokkien + Guang Dong, Hokkien + Hai Lam, Guang Dong + Hakka.. hahaa.. Isnt that MIX?? Haha..
About knowing a few languages at the age of 7... hahaa...
We too know Malay, English, Chinese, Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien in the age of 7 too right... hahahahahahahahaha...... ZAR DOU leh... hahahaha....

When we got home, ZIV did something 'GREAT'!
He urien on Adrian's bed.HAHAHAHA>>>>!!!! We couldnt blame him 100% as its been a long day he didnt hav the chance to go out to do his business. But choosing someone's bed isint a GOOD CHOICE at all...
Now everyone 'boycott' Ziv... haha...
Hopefully he learns his lessson .... Poor thing... haha