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Guildford, Surrey


Saturday I met May to go out of London, to Guildford in Surrey. Ever since I watched The Holiday (I know it's some normal movie but I love it a lot!) and part of the show's based in Surrey so I wanna visit the beautiful English countryside. Unforts, the two villages they filmed are inaccessible by train so we visited Guildford instead. We took the train there and even though it's a 30min ride, the ticket was like GBP11.50 per person! *so ex isn't it*




Anyways it is a small town (where Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland was from!), and heard that a lot of Londoners wanna stay here where there is ample greenery, away from the city. Hmm after one day here, I think I do prefer living in the city afterall. We went to the tourist info centre and got a walking map, as usual and walked around. The castle grounds had a very manicured and well maintained garden with so many flowers of different colors. And this is the first time we see flourescent pink colored flowers. What's left today is only the Tower which overlooks most of Guildford including the rolling green meadows and apparently this used to be a grand castle and founded by William the Conqurer.

 




 



The Angel Hotel is the oldest hotel in Guildford, dating back to the middle ages! Famous guests have included Lord Nelson, Charles Dickens, Lord Byron and Jane Austen. We stopped by for afternoon tea and seriously we felt creepy inside. The interior is very english, very nice but somehow... it wasn't crowded and the only guy serving us seemed to appear and reappear out of nowhere (haha I know it's pure imagination but after reading the below description placed in the hall, you will feel the same way too!) And when we asked for the washroom, we had to go thru one door and there we saw beside the toilet was this spooky spiral staircase leading to the basement. Later we asked the cashier where does it lead to and she said to a restaurant but it's been closed for almost 3 years now. *seriously who dares to go down to eat??*ooohhh scaryyy and so I asked if she's had any spooky encounter and she immediately said "touch wood!" while touching the wooden table top repeatedly. Well according to her, there were instances of "such encounters" by her colleagues and it's a fact that after 11pm, only males are on duty thru'out the night at the conceirge. And according to her, it is a fact that this Angel Hotel is one of the most haunted hotels in England. She asked us to google it to read more. ooooohhhh told you it's creepy!
Outside this really old inn



found this btw- http://www.ghosttourofguildford.co.uk/the_ghost_tour_of_guildford.htm
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