We ventured out last weekend for our first visit to a castle. We chose Ludwigsburg Castle because it was nearby, and they are having their annual "pumpkin festival". This year the theme was dinosaurs, and they had pumpkin statues representing all different kinds of dinosaurs. I didn't expect little R to be thrilled by the castle (which he wasn't), but I knew that he would enjoy the pumpkins!!
The castle was nothing less than absolutely amazing!! Built in the 1700's, it still has original furniture, artwork, and even curtains & wallpaper!! We chose to do the tour even though we knew that at 90 minutes long, it would be a challenge for little R. But while he wasn't impressed, he was very well behaved for the entire tour!! We even had some German ladies comment to us about how quiet our children were!!
We couldn't take any pictures inside the castle, but the castle grounds are full of flower gardens and beautiful landscaping...so we took lots of pictures outside! The highlight of the day for the girls was that the grounds are sooo beautiful that lots of brides choose to have their wedding pictures taken there. We saw several beautiful girls in beautiful wedding gowns having their pictures done...it was really neat!
It was a great first castle visit...we can't wait for the next one!!
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| Ludwigsburg Castle |
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| The beginning of the dinosaurs... |
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| Some pretty girls beside some pretty flowers... |
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| The grounds were as pretty as the castle! |
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| T is standing because she had just sat down on the pumpkin, and gotten her booty wet!! We all thought it was very funny...she didn't find the humor in the situation! |
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| The back of the castle... |
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| R thoroughly enjoyed the dinosaurs!! |
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| This is what R does when you tell him to smile for the camera... |
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| More of the castle... |
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| Smilin' for the camera... |
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| A tower on the castle grounds...they even had "Rapunzel" hair hanging down from it! We didn't make it up to see the tower...everyone was tuckered out by the time we saw it. |
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| More dinosaur...more smilin' for the camera! |
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| Not real sure what this face was...but it was CUTE!! |
1 comment:
What a beautiful place. Looks like fun!
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