This place was on my definite list of places I wanted to go see, and we picked a good day for it. It got hot, but we managed to get inside for a chunk of the day.
It only recently finished being renovated in March 2015, and it was a 6 year renovation!
It was a pretty long line to get inside, so we took the opportunity to take a lot of photos of the outside.
Green tea KitKat. It’s a thing.
Tons of people had brought tarps and it looked like picnics and were hanging out. Because if you had a giant castle in your town, wouldn’t you go hang out near it on weekends?
The line ups continued inside, but there was more room to wander around in places.
Castle selfie!!
You guys are in a place that’s in Civ! how cool is that!
Seriously, though, that looks like a really neat place. You’re lucky to miss the renos. When Derrick and I were at Edinburgh Castle in ’97 (oh god… I did the math), most of it was closed for renos, and the rest was under a building wrap. It was a bit of a letdown, to say the least.
Sean looks unimpressed with green Kit Kats…
Sean and I talked a bunch about how this castle could possibly roam the countryside providing +15% to all attacks…