Warwick Castle, England

Standing tall behind Michelle is the medieval Warwick castle located in the middle part of England. After returning from Spain, we were somewhat close to this castle and decided to pay a visit. We were glad we did. The Warwick castle is everything that you would expect to see at a castle and more. We explored the castle all afternoon on a rare sunny day in early April 2007. It was as if we went back in time a thousand years as we entered the Warwick castle gates and began wondering around.

Here is Michelle trying her aim at bow-and-arrow. She didn’t quite hit the bull’s eye, but it was windy that day, so we will give her the benefit of the doubt. There were many activities throughout the day at the castle which included demonstrations of a trebuchet with a fireball (a medieval weapon), huge birds (including falcons and eagles), games for the kids, and other fun stuff.

Riley got into trouble for stealing a hot dog and was forced to undergo a strange form of medieval torture. No really. However, this is a real torture device that would stretch out the limbs of its victims and dislocate their joints. This is not an ancient chiropractic technique to pop somebody’s back or anything. It was fun to test out, however.

We had to try the stalks out. Nearby the stalks was the entrance to the dungeon that we explored. The dungeon had carvings on the wall that the prisoners had made keeping track of the days (or years). There were several iron cages that some unlucky prisoners would be placed in. The dungeon was an area of the castle that we didn’t want to stay long. It was quite freaky and real. Besides the dungeon, there were many other rooms to explore in the castle. Some of the rooms were decorated to depict how life was when people used to live there. These rooms contained nicely created wax figures.

Here is the splendid view from the top of one of the Warwick castle towers. All the trees, shrubs, and grass were different shades of green. Nearby the castle was a beautiful garden with peacocks roaming around and bushes that were carved liked the peacocks themselves. From up top, we could see for many miles in every direction. It was a very nice view as you can tell by the picture. Warwick was a fasinating castle to see and explore from the ground level to the top of the towers.