Elcho Castle

This is our first castle visit.  Elcho castle’s main living spaces are preserved quite well and we were able to explore the whole thing.

Giant doors and spiral staircases are found throughout the 4 stories.

The castle walls are so thick!  You can see how thick by looking out the windows.  This is Jack standing on the window sill!

Rooftops

Looking down is not recommended! This place was full of toilets!  They were covered by Plexiglas, but there were tunnels that ran all the way to the outside. You could usually see the light at the end.  Everyone thought this was pretty funny.

   

I had my mom bring the boys’ knight costume shirts.  The boys thought that was pretty fun especially when they found they could borrow the local horses!

Soon a fair maiden arrived.

That was instantly loved by all of the local knights.The local knights retrieved their swords, and banded together to fight off the foreign competition...

They successfully ridded the kingdom of the enemies.

Not long afterward, arguments erupted between the local knights over who would marry the fair maiden… and many duels ensued. 

By the time the duels were resolved, the fair maiden had moved to another land. And peace reigned once again in the kingdom!

And their days were filled with games such as Roll Down the Hill.