Kasteel Hoensbroek

Aunt Elizabeth and Mommy took us to a castle in the afternoon.  We had to walk a long way from the train station, but when we got there there were fun medieval games to play in the courtyard.  There were bowling games and ring tossing games and stilts.  The rooms in the castle were set up the way they were in the 18th century with food on the table even.

We climbed down the winding stairs of the thirteenth-century circular tower to see the dungeon and then we climbed all the way up to the top to see where the falcons lived.

In the castle eeryie

Then we went outside to see an amazing sandsculpture exhibit.  There were castles on mountain tops, battles, medieval markets, 18th century ballrooms and a joust.  They use glue to keep the sand in place.

The real castle and a sand joust