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What an uncomfortable position
Good morning from Warwick, England!
Today we're visiting a medieval castle that is, at least, 900 years old.
In 914, a fortification known as 'burh' was built here, and the castle was built in 1068
Wow, it is so cool once you get inside the castle.
There's a patio here inside.
The history of this castle here goes back to the days
when the Anglo-Saxons were fighting the Vikings.
Anglo-Saxons, not even English yet.
As the Vikings were constantly coming here,
they started pushing the Anglo-Saxons towards the west,
and this place was one of the centers of resistance, where things started turning around
for the Anglo-Saxons. It's a lot of what you see on 'Vikings' if you watch that show.
Ticket prices vary. We paid 15 pounds online one week in advance, almost half the door price
The lasts owners of the castle had a huge debt for throwing so many parties here
The earl of Warwick
And they ended up selling the castle in the 70's
The price was 1.8 million pounds, which is nothing for a medieval castle like this,
but with that came tens of millions of pounds in debt.
So, who bought this castle was Madame Tussauds, the company Madame Tussauds,
and they still own it today.
The armory is original, from the 16th century.
Ahhh, even the horse!
I've never seen antlers this big
Here at the castle they also have some demonstrations and shows.
Now we're going to see the trebuchet, which is the name of that weapon over there
That's a weapon from the 13th and 14th centuries!
That's not original, it's a replica. But it's the biggest in the world.
We're going to see a little bit of how war was back then.
[Presenter] Havoc! Let's let the dogs of war!
[Presenter] This is a weapon of the 13th century, this technology was perfected by the 13th century,
will bleed into the 14th century and then be replaced with the cannon.
However, we're about to send an 18-kilo rock off 200 meters from a standing start
It's gonna hit 150 miles an hour before it hits the ground. It's truly quite impressive.
Five! four!
Two! Two!
One!
Loose!
It tends to stick on occasion, let's give it a cheer as it goes.
Bowmen were among the highest paid professionals during the Middle Ages
They used to earn 6 pennies a day, one or two pennies more than other professionals
and this was a lot for that time.
Here they have a show were they reenact the dungeon, right here
It's like a live presentation, live performance
but the real dungeon was this tower over there.
That was the jail and the conditions you'd held depended on how much money you had
If you had nothing, you'd go to the bottom of the bottom;
you'd probably die but before that they would throw sewage on you.
If you had some money they'd treat you like a kidnapped person and they'd ask money to your family
Families used to pay up to 3 million pounds in today's value.
Today it's a suite where you can stay for 550 pounds a night.
Inside the main building you can see the State Rooms
There are free guided tours if you want or you can just walk around.
As you would expect from Madame Tussauds, here they also have wax figures.
But these are representing history and what happened here in the castle
And they are here throughout the various rooms.
[Audio guide] He became a major of the 4th Canadian cavalry regiment
[Renata] Canadian, Gordon! Two Canadians in the same castle in England.
[Gordon] Yeah!
Daisy Greville is the most influential countess of war in the castle's history
In 1714, queen Anne died in this bed right here. It was at Kensington Palace,
in London, but this was the bed
and they brought it here.
This is what I can call a dining room.
So many families, earls, lived here over the centuries and all these figures represent them.
A private chapel, inside the castle.
And this was for a popular medieval game called "bear baiting"
where dogs would fight a chained bear.
From the highest parts of the castle you can see the city of Warwick down there.
During the Middle Ages, 65% of the people here died because of the black plague
Imagine, you live in a city and all of the sudden half of the people are gone.
Let's go to that tower now, I guess it's the highest point in the castle.
Warwick is also famous for two other medieval institutions: St. Mary's church,
this tall building is the tower of St. Mary's;
and Warwick School. I can't see it from here... Actually I don't know where to look for,
but this school is the oldest boys-only school in the entire United Kingdom.
It's been here since before the castle.
There's still someone alive who was born here, in this castle,
he moved to Australia and he's a millionare.
Think the day is over? No! There's something very cool about this castle
You can actually sleep here!
They have all these lodges here on the castle grounds. You can book a room!
That's what we did, and we're not paying that much more compared to a normal hotel room
I think it was like 30 pounds more.
So, it made sense. I guess it's like once in a lifetime.
When will I have the chance to sleep on the castle grounds again?
Look at Gordon, already there.
Each one has its own lodge here. So, this is the main room as soon as you get in
and there's a second room over here.
Three people can sleep here.
There's also another bed you can bring.
And right next to it, that's the bathroom.
The shower is right here.
And this is it!
Castles are normally well known for being haunted,
included this one! So if something strange happens here overnight
tomorrow I'll let you know.
We're still gonna visit several other English cities, including London!
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Just in case you're wondering, everything was fine overnight. No surprises!
The walled city.
From the castle we walked to the train station to get the train back to Birmingham
It is a 15-minute walk, and you go through downtown, you see a little bit of the city.
It just made me want to stay here a little longer.
Welcome to Warwick? It should be goodbye Warwick!
The train to Birmingham takes 38 minutes.
[Announcement] This train is for 'Birmingham Snow Hill'
Tomorrow we already go to Manchester.