I relocated to London last month for work. Just in time to truly feed my Royal Wedding obsession.

I’ve been antsy to start exploring my new country, and was really excited when Rail Europe asked me to partner with them to explore Britain by train!

Windsor is an easy, under an hour, train trip from London — and a must see if you’ve been swept up in this Royal Wedding madness like I have.

It was easy to plan and book my day trip train tickets in advance through Rail Europe. Then, I picked up my tickets at Waterloo station in London the morning of my trip, and was on my way.

This is how I prepare for a train trip:

The main focus and highlight of a Windsor day trip is of course, Windsor Castle.

Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world.

Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it has since been the home of 39 monarchs. The Queen spends most of her private weekends at the Castle.

My original game plan was to get to Windsor at 10:15AM and stake out a good spot to watch the changing of the guards at 11AM.

Turns out they only do that ceremony on certain days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday — but check in advance as it changes), so I stopped at a bakery for breakfast when I got off the train instead of heading straight to the Castle.

Everything in Windsor is a pretty easy and close walking distance. It’s easy to get from the train station to the Castle, so it makes for an ideal day trip.

After breakfast, my first and main tourist priority was getting to experience Windsor Castle!

There was quite the queue to purchase tickets day of, so I highly recommend buying and printing out your tickets in advance if you can.

It was so cool to be in the Castle just weeks before Harry and Meghan are set to tie the knot there. I couldn’t stop picturing all of the historic Royals that had walked the same grounds I was wandering.

The Castle truly is magnificent and breathtaking — royally perfect for the upcoming nuptials. (I’m also crazy enough to be going back to Windsor again this weekend to experience it in all of it’s Royal Wedding glory — follow along here!)

I had read that you should plan to spend two to three hours in the Castle and I found that to be accurate.

St George’s Chapel (where Harry and Meghan will be getting married) was closed for services since I was there on a Sunday — another planning fail on my part!

Make sure to check for any Castle or Chapel closures in advance when planning your trip.

It was lovely weather, and I jumped at the chance eat outside, so I grabbed lunch at Carluccio’s at the Royal Windsor Station. Of course I had to have a glass of prosecco to celebrate the impending Royal Wedding 😉

After lunch, I enjoyed just wandering around Windsor. It’s a charming, beautiful town with lots of shops and restaurants.

Eton College is also located in Windsor — if that sounds familiar it’s because it is the all boys boarding school that Prince William and Prince Harry attended. I had a great time getting lost and soaking up the history that was all around me.

One thing that I did not do that I wish I had was go on a river cruise tour and experience the city from the water. I would have loved to hear the history and get some Castle views from the river — so will have to make time for that on my next trip!

The trains run fairly frequently from Windsor, and it was a quick and peaceful train trip back to London that evening, my imagination and dreams filled with visions of English Royals and American Princesses 🙂