Castle Tours (Revised and expanded)

So this weekend we had quite the adventure. We visited 2 castles and an abbey with our Colgate students and took a trip to our local leisure center for a swim. The kids seemed to really enjoy the castles. The first we visited was only about 20 minutes from where we are living: Caerphilly Castle.

This one was Quinn's favorite of the day. It apparently is the oldest andlargest of Wales' castles. The kids had a great time mucking about; however, it was quite a cold day.

We managed with hats and gloves and after a while I was carrying everything as usual because the kids were warm from all the running and climbing and aaron is a lazy putz.

Caerphilly was one of the first castles to use water as a defense and is only second to Windsor Castle in size. This is truly an impressive structure first because it is so enormous and then second because it is so intricately designed. There are towers and hallways and little teeny tiny rooms everywhere. The stairways alone are enough to make you claustrophobic. Ava commented once that the stairs were not big enough for her to put her entire foot on, how could Daddy's feet fit? Well, if he can get them in his mouth, then the stairs should be easy.

Next up was Raglan Castle. The bus drive was a bit scary and those who weren't sleeping had to change their pants when we got there. After freshening up, we took these pictures:

After this impressive castle, we had lunch at a great little Indian restaurant in Monmouth.

Then onto Tintern Abbey. This had very intricate designing and was very grand when viewed inside (from the outside it did not look like much). Here are some pictures of the Abbey:

That concludes our look back at our Castle trip.