So I know I complained about seeing Edinburgh Castle because I had seen so many and then I willingly went to the Dover Castle, but it was totally worth it. One of the prettiest castle grounds I've seen. It seems like in the most recent years it was mostly used as a military base so maybe that's what also made it stand out from all the other castles. It had a lot of history connected to it from the wars. It's grounds were pretty large and very green! It has also been updated throughout the years to keep up with current military practices so you could also see it's history throughout the years. I'll be going back in this next semester and get to do everything I didn't get to do this last time. There was a lot to do!
Of course they're all built on a hill so they're easier to defend, but man it's not fun climbing up to them.
Although being at the top also means you have the best views.
These are just stickers on the window, but it kinda looks like the ships are actually in the sea and the planes in the air.
The city of Dover
The Great Tower. This was the main part of the castle where people would've probably lived. They even had it all decorated inside as to how it might have looked back then. Pretty cool. Better than just walking around and looking at a bunch of stone walls and trying to imagine living there.
You can't really tell from this picture but France isn't that far away! They even have ferries that go back and forth throughout the day. It was quite tempting to jump on one and spend the wknd in France, but alas I headed back home with the kiddos after a quite enjoyable day.
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