Arundel Castle

The Moathouse Cafe

 In another day of being busy in England, we took a day trip to Arundel with Hannah's grandparents.  Arundel is a town near the south coast famous for it's medieval castle owned by the Duke of Norfolk.  We started our day with the drive through the country, which was about 90 minutes.  By the time we got down there it was time for some lunch, so we went into the local cafe for a bite to eat!

Panini lunch

 Along with a few cappuccinos, we got a few paninis.  Hannah got tomato and mozzarella, and I got brie and cranberry.  Both came with a bit of coleslaw, veggies, and crisps (chips in American).  Both paninis were very good and very cheesy!  They seemed different to American ones that we've had, but still a good bite to eat before walking around for a while.  One thing we would have changed was the coleslaw too.  I'm not sure if it is the norm over here to have slaw that is made up of larger chunks , but I much prefer it more shredded like it is back in the US.

Brie and cranberry, followed by mozzarella and tomato

Our favorite sight

Going up the stairs to the toilets we saw an advertisement for one of our favorite things on the planet...

Arundel Castle

 Moving along, we went to the castle gates to buy our tickets, which included access to most of the castle to visit.  It was a nice walk up to the castle to see everything (quite similar to Schloss Neuschwanstein last summer in Germany), and we showed our tickets and walked right in.  The only problem to this was that there were no pictures allowed at all inside!  So I'll tell you what was inside: plenty of stairs!  There were lots of stairs to go up and down along with plenty of rooms and chapels to get lost in.  Some of the rooms were actually quite modernized, considering that the Duke of Norfolk still uses the castle on occasion for a nice little vacation (not a bad place to do so).  There was also a very good collection old armaments and armor.  A tour well worth 18 pounds!

Fountain spitting green goo

 Walking around outside in the grounds we were able to take some pictures.  Walking along we discovered a very obscure fountain of an animal that I'm not entirely sure about spitting out some green water.  Hmm..

Gardens

 The grounds were massive, and we were able to kill some time in them before we had to meet up with the grandparents.

The southern coast

 So we went down south a little further for a visit to Worthing, which is right on the coast of the ocean.  We took a nice short walk up and down the beach (it was pretty cold), and were able to walk up and down the pier once and get a few shots, but we were rushing over to our next venue, fish and chips!!

 We drove around town a little and found a fish and chips restaurant that Hannah's family had been to before called the fish factory.  I had had fish and chips here once before and it surpassed my expectations, so I was looking forward to this one as well!

Traditional cod and chips

 I had some tea with mine, since it tasted so good with the first one.  I could definitely tell that this fish was very fresh, given that it was in a place right on the coast, and that on the menu it had the names of the boats that caught the fish :)  Very good fish!  I got rock salmon which was less traditional than the cod that Hannah got, but it was actually very close to the taste of the cod.  Hannah and I were very big on the chips though!!  We were dipping those beautiful things in everything, the ketchup, the tartar, and even these mushy peas!

Mushy peas

As a side dish, we ordered mushy peas, something that I knew was traditional to England.  This is something I've always wanted to try, and Hannah recommended them.  They were amazing!  They had a lovely texture, and I plan on getting them again!

Next up we are heading to London one last time!