This past weekend Mark and I certainly backed in a ton and while I plan on deep diving on elements I wanted to share a few highlights while it is still fresh. It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read Sparkles & Shoes for a while that I love castles and this weekend focused quite a few of them as we went to see the Northumberland Castles. Northumberland is the northern-most county ...
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The Hever Castle Tulip Festival
On Sunday morning Mark and I jumped in the car and headed out of London to Hever Castle. IF the name rings a bell it is the same castle where Mark and I got engaged. While that was over 10 months ago I still have two dozen photos of the gorgeous property sitting in a folder to upload but that never happened. Well, better late than never - here is an extremely delayed tour of Hever castle with ...
A Look Inside Arundel Castle
If you missed the first post called Arundel Castle Gardens I suggest you go back and read it and then continue here to get a true sense of vastness and splendour of the castle! Mark and I visited in August and even though I have been to quite a few castles, this one was WOW. While we did not have to wear our masks in the grounds they were required inside the castle, just like most ...
Windsor Castle, The Queen’s Royal Residence
You have heard me mention Windsor Castle before in my list of the Best London Day Trips but it deserves to be more than 1 of 16 on a list. Well I finally crossed it off my London / England bucket list and it was worth the trip! Included in our tickets - which are actually valid for a year - were an audioguide and headset that was our personal tour around the castle buildings and ...
Exploring the Arundel Castle Gardens
I am a big fan of castles (clearly) so anytime we take a drive in the English countryside I see if there are any good ones, coming to or from. When we went to Tinwood Estate in West Sussex I saw on the map that Arundel Castle was only a 20 min detour on our way home. Thus I decided to made it the focal point of our Sunday like most things nowadays in COVID times we bought timed tickets ...
The Difference Between a Castle and a Palace
I often speak on Instagram about how much I love a castle and I am having a great time exploring different ones across England. However, someone recently asked me the difference between a castle and a palace. While I *thought* I knew, after having been to more than a dozen of each I decided to look up the formal answer and I wanted to share that with you all today castle vs palace: A ...
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