I think the abandoned, or old, ones are often more interesting than the new ones. We went to many ruins, and to working manor houses and castles too, all equally good, some brooding lumps of stone with an ominous feel, and others that felt like happy places. I love to wander around and soak it up, it makes me feel a part of it and for a history buff like me it helps to bring it to life. Have you been to the UK?
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Totally agree with you it's the feeling and thoughts that go through my mind when i am wandering around ruins , abandon houses or buildings there are some amazing castles to wander around in the UK , i haven't been there but would love to some day we only have a lot of caves here in Australia as you know 🤣
It's really amazing to walk through a castle that's a thousand years old. We went to a Norman Castle there which we loved. Also we did some Roman ruins, Chedworth Villa, was one...Totally amazing, as were the Roman baths in Bath. Oh, cool caves in Cheddar Gorge too, where they found the oldest intact skeleton in the UK (Cheddar man.)
Yeah, we got some old caves and stuff too, been to some around Australia...So much to see here but the UK and Europe is something else again.
Can't wait to go back! We're supposed to be flying to Scandinavia in 3 weeks...Clearly that's not happening.
It would feel sorted of haunted castle been that old but love to do it i haven't had the opportunity yet but it is on my bucket list. I did do Italy and Greece years ago and really enjoyed the Colosseum and the ruins of Pompeii in Rome and the Greek Parthenon in Greece but no castles yet.
That is a shame that you need to put it off but it wouldn't be a enjoyable trip at the moment.
Yeah, we think so too, although seeing my family in Finland would have been nice. Oh well, we'll go next year instead. Considering an how my dad is going it would have made it difficult to leave.
Am sure it will happen all in good time.
Have a great weekend @galenkp 👍