Our first castle experience...

Everett and Liam inside on of the castle's many rooms

Mommy and Everett trying to carry the royal carriage...

Everett and Liam checking out the Knight's armour

This is an awesome two-handed long sword!

This is the inner plaza of the castle

We have been wanting to go to this castle that overlooks the town of Austria since we got here, but we never have taken the time to visit. So we picked a rainy day for this indoor activity, and we had so much fun! It is called the Schattenburg (translated: Shadow Castle). There were swords and cool old treasure chests and paintings and art and awesome architecture. We were some of the only people in the entire castle and the boy ran around and looked at all of the cool exhibits. The lady at the ticket counter LOVED Liam. She laughed at his pronunciation of the word HOUSE, and actually informed us that the miniature building in a diorama about which he was repetitively screaming about actually existed still and showed us where to find it on our way home. We climbed up the stairs to the highest towers and turrets and saw so many cool old things. These things would have certainly been behind glass in the States, but out here they just let you get up close to things as they were hundreds and even thousands of years ago. Liam and Everett had a blast, and both Mommy and Daddy felt like little kids again. It was a great activity and it only cost 12 Euros for the whole family.