Comments on: Visiting the Queen’s ‘Little Weekend Retreat’ Known as Windsor Castle

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:03:33 +0000

Oooh, that would be fun story to write up Jamie. One that compares castles across a number of countries. Hmmm, I’ll let you know if I manage to sell that one!

Interesting point about wheelchair accessibility. Windsor Castle is not but both the Schönbrunn and Hofburg Palaces in Vienna, that I wrote about before, are.

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:57:01 +0000

You know Sarah, I never thought about it before but my first love of castles also came from Disney! And then I saw parts of a fake one on some Universal movie set. So seeing actual ones that have been standing for so long and played such a part in history has been wonderful. I just love ‘em!

(But I kind of wish this one had kept its moat. Ha!)

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:17:18 +0000

Castles are so neat! Of course they aren’t wheelchair friendly with being built centuries ago and all! I’d be interested to hear how different castles from various countries/cultures are from each other.

By: Sarah Shotts

Sarah Shotts — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:14:16 +0000

I love castles too! I remember visiting my first and how it struck me that it was *real* and not some Cinderella’s castle at Disney world. All that history standing there! I haven’t been to Windsor, but it looks fantastic! I find it especially interesting that they converted the moat to gardens.

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:13:48 +0000

Thank you so much for the kind words!! And I’m glad to hear of another castle lover. (I just cannot get enough of them. )

By: Dr. Margaret Rutherford

Dr. Margaret Rutherford — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:01:05 +0000

Deborah what a wonderful way you have of writing about your travels! Makes us all feel that we were there with you. I love everything that resembles a castle – just to imagine what life was like. Not great for everyone I imagine but challenging and fun to think about. Thanks for a fun post!

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:21:02 +0000

Oooh, thanks for the suggestions of other castles Kirsten. I’m adding them to my “someday” list! I’ll be traveling to Berlin this Fall, so already have a bunch of castles to check out around the area (especially in nearby Potsdam).

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:08:22 +0000

We love castles too! We did not make it to Windsor, but we did love exploring Warwick castle not too far from London. Other great castles are Carcassone in the south of France and Frederiksborg Palace outside of Copenhagen (which I guess is technically a palace/castle?). I could spend years exploring the castles of the world!

By: Deborah Brauser

Deborah Brauser — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:23:27 +0000

Ha! No dungeon but I did see where the moat used to be. So the dungeon was probably close by. Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:20:25 +0000

I absolutely love castles. I can’t get enough of them. And to tour one that Royalty actually lives in would be fantastic. Great article, great pictures. By the way, did you see a dungeon?