Blenheim, take 2......

So after Stratford we took off to Blenheim Palace. I had been there before, when we went to Oxford, but I was happy to go back. It is so pretty and full of history. So just a little bit of background about the palace. It was built for the first duke of Marlborough for military service, but then the interesting part is that Winston Churchill was born there. His paternal grandparents were the 8th duke and dutches and then his uncle and aunt were the 9th duke and dutchess. Another cool thing about the palace is that they have just recently filmed a movie there called Young Victoria. I guess that people think that it looks similar to Buckingham palace and that's why they filmed it there. And the movie just came out and so we went and saw it and it was so much fun because we had been everywhere that the movie showed. This is the reason that I am putting up a picture of me pretending to be an eagle....they showed this statue multiple times in the movie because it is right in the gardens, and Maddie and I kept laughing because she also has one by a sphinx that was shown a lot. So overall Blenheim Palace was really fun...I still think that Blenheim is one of my favorite places so far.