Carnaerfon Castle confirmed our belief that this was going to be an amazing trip. Sitting right next to the water, the Castle was built as a fortress and a palace. Construction started in the 1200s, so it isn't exactly new. One interesting fact is that King Edward, the English king who spent a majority of his whole fighting and building castles in Wales, crowned his son Prince of Wales at Carnaerfon. That tradition has continued, mostly uninterrupted, since that time. Prince Charles had his investiture here, and that is why he is the Prince of Wales, and Diana was the Princess of Wales. As you can imagine, the Welsh weren't too keen on an English King crowning their son the Prince of Wales back in the day, but it seems to be all ceremonial now. The castle was amazing. It was fairly well intact with lots of places to explore. Hilde's only complaint - too many spiral staircases! If you want to check out more photos, go here.
3 comments:
LOVE these pictures!!! You guys are so lucky and smart to take advantage of all these wonderful things. When are you coming back?
What great castles! I love the settings. Is that goat thing something like the golden calf???? Enjoy your final months.
Angie - we'll back in August, we'll definitely be planning a get together sometime soon thereafter!
Janet - The goat is actually a full member of the regiment. NOT a mascot, an actual member, still, to this day. Crazy.
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