Mon and Dad Come For a Visit.

 

 My mom and dad came to visit us in September and the one thing my mom said she wanted to do was to see lots of castles. So we decided to go on a trip up to Scotland to see some of their castles. On our way up we stopped at Alnwick Castle, which is on the border of England and Scotland on the East Coast. It is a really cool castle but what makes it unique is that it is an inhabited castle for half of the year. It is one of a few that are inhabited in England.  This castle is lived in by  Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland and his wife, and it has been his family's home for over 700 years.

 Aside from that little fact, the coolest part of this castle is that it was the castle used in the first two Harry Potter movies. The grass area is where Harry Potter first learned how to fly. At the castle they teach you to fly as well. It was so much fun seeing the boys flying all around!!!

 The boys loved these cool statues that were in the jousting arena area. We love castles in England because there is always so many things for the boys to do. They also try and recreate scenes and rooms from hundreds of years ago to try and give us an idea of what is was like to live in those times.