Alnwick and Bamburgh Castle

Our first stop of the day was Alnwick Castle, http://www.alnwickcastle.com/. This castle was everything I imagined a castle to be. It was awesome even before I knew that parts of Harry Potter were filmed there!

We started out by having a picnic on the castle grounds.

There was an area where the kids could dress up and play. There wasn't a costume small enough for Shane, but he still had a good time.

Dancing around the May pole.

Shane slaying the dragon!

We easily could have spent the day here, but after a couple of hours decided to go to the next spot. The kids feel asleep in the car and were still sleeping when we arrived at Bamburgh Castle, http://www.bamburghcastle.com/. Jane offered to stay in the car with the kids while Bud, Matt and I walked around.

We didn't go into the castle but decided we would have to stop back on our way home to see more of it. Unfortunately on our way back it was cold and rainy so we didn't stop. The kids were awake when we came back, so we all got back into the car and were on our way to Edinburgh! Kaylin got carsick on the way but did a great job of letting us know before hand!

Matt did a really good job of driving on the "wrong" side of the road and we arrived at the Holyrood Aparthotel. It was a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom apartment that worked out PERFECTLY for all of us. Edinburgh will be the next post.