Leeds Castle and Dover

I had another adventure today. My dad his wife and I ventured to Leeds Castle and Dover. The castle was amazing. I have never seen a castle before and the mote around it was impressive. Many ducks and swans were around, even a couple black swans. The entrance to the castle had an iron gate that could be lowered or raised. The stones were ancient looking with rugged and discolored edges. As you enter you walk across a bridge over the mote and enter into a circle that goes all the way around the castle. We entered through the wine cellar and continued up the stairs into a hall way that displayed pictures of the royalty that have owned the castles since 1119. There were ropes that had certain rooms closed off. The ropes led to one of the towers which had windows that you could look out to see the mote and the hills surrounding the castle. The last owner of the house was Lady Olivia Baillie in 1926. She refurbished most of the rooms to her fondness but even though the interior was a little more modern it was still a great experience. One of my favorite rooms was the dining room with a large table that expanded through the entire room and it was filled with crystal table settings.

After we had seen everything that we wanted to we drove to Dover. We headed towards the White Cliffs of Dover which looks out over the English Channel. On a good day you can see all the way across to France. Today was very sunny and warm but there was a bit of fog over the water so we could only see a rough outline of France. It was beautiful and the water was gorgeous with the white caps crashing against one another. We took pictures of the Dover Castle but we did not go and see it, instead we walked down to the beach. The beach is different than from where I am from. Instead of sand they have what looks like a bunch of river rock. It is not very comfortable to walk on barefoot but it is very pretty to take a chair out there and look out onto the water. This was probably one of my favorite places I have been so far and I suggest that if you want to take a day trip somewhere you should definitely go to Dover.

This day was completely packed with things to see and experience but it was amazing and I am glad to be able to do it. Check out my blog tomorrow and send me a post.