long weekend weather despite revolting zaobfitował a sightseeing tour, which was the first point of locking Windsor , currently considered to be the largest inhabited castle in the world. Built in XI. by William the Conqueror , developed over centuries by successive rulers, is a favorite resting place of Queen Elizabeth II , which not only likes to spend weekends at the castle free of duties a head of state, but also very happy there, the official visitors from around the world.
I must admit that Windsor Castle me enthralled. Not only his quiet dignity, but above all that, despite the splendor of royal komnatom competent full of antique furniture and paintings, felt that this place alive. Lives "ordinary" life house, where the cooks, washes, it meals with family and reading a book in the evening. Of course, this impression can only be a figment of my imagination, exuberant, because the ticket did not include the private royal apartments, and only part of the museum. 
Among the impressive collection of paintings by Rubens and van Dyck, elaborately decorated with French and English furniture, silver tableware and beautifully hand-painted porcelain, among the whole set of weapons from successive epochs, and gifts and knowledge of the Far East was an exhibit, which is especially caught my attention. House Queen Mary's Doll . Queen Mary's Dolls' House certainly is not your typical toy for girls who love to play with dolls. Provides masterpiece in miniature reproduction room castle from the early XX century, almost perfectly so that we can not imagine how people lived and lived (though perhaps not so ordinary people) in tamym time.
She is a gift for the Queen Mary, wife of the then English king George V , in the form of dolls house was Princess Mary Louise (Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein). Marie Louise's cousin knows the Queen Mary's penchant for miniature things decided to give her something unusual and to that end then hired one of the greatest architects Sir Edwin Lutyens , who worked for over 3 years (1921 - 1924) and with the participation of more than 1,500 other people, including carpenters, tailors and other artisans has created perhaps the most world-famous doll's house. House, built in scale 1:12 , having its own network of electricity, hot and cold running water and toilets, which can drain the water. Carpets and curtains are made with exactly the same materials which were used in the castle, in the library are miniature works of literature, books not only English, and the basement hides a pretty fair supply of wine bottles stoppered. In my opinion - a masterpiece. 
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