Paintball

Yesterday the people I work with went paintballing. I have to say I had lots of fun. I also have to say that I am sore and hurt all over. Not only from being hit by paintballs but also from running, jumping and moving out of the way.
We played a few different games as a team building exercise. The CEO had all his own equipment, he turned up in camoflauge and had his own gun, which was a little more powerful than the rest of ours. I am glad he was on my team because anyone who got shot by him was in a lot of pain. You knew when someone was shot because you could hear random cries from the other end of the course. He was also a little scary yelling directions to people and he went a little kamikaze at the end of the day when we were wasting balls.
I would have to say after a very good day out I would be willing to try it again.

Hampton Court Palace

Today I went to Hampton Court Palace. It is the most amazing palace. It actually looks like a palace, not like Buckingham Palace. Besides the scaffolding it is quite amazing. The gardens are huge and there is a cool little maze as well. It is pretty small, but enough to get easily lost in. It seems like most Kings and Queens especially the Tudors and Stuarts had their own rooms in the Palace, there seemed to be about 3 different Queens apartments and Kings apartments, private dining rooms, drawing rooms, closets, we even found a toilet, with a velvet seat. I would not fancy trying to keep that thing clean.

There were a lot of rooms that were designed by queens, but not completed until after their deaths and then another queen got to enjoy them. There were a lot of tapestries with intricate designs and a lot paintings, most had very religious overtones and then there were also lots of naked women.

The whole place just made me want to be a queen, though the beds were really tiny. At least I would feel tall back then.