These pictures were taken at different times yesterday, some were taken on a walk around the grounds, others were taken on the way to and from a walk into Old Well, and some more were taken on a later walk around the grounds. I’ve put them out of the order that they were actually taken here to try to give you an idea of what entering the Castle is like, but some of them were taken while leaving the Castle. I also noticed while assembling them that there are some pictures that I should take that would help tell the story a little better.
Here my roommate Natalie welcomes you to the bridge entering the Castle:
Across the bridge there’s a gateway:
After walking through the bridge you see on your right the ‘Tiendschuur ‘ or ten percent barn. This is where the farmers brought ten percent of their harvest to the nobles of the Castle as a tax in return for protection. It is also where we meet if the fire alarm goes off, unless the barn is on fire of course.
If you look ahead you see the entrance to the Castle:
There is a bar across it, which I should get a better picture of, it says no trespassing in dutch, but you can’t really see that here.
And here is the Main Castle
To the right is the Voorberg
And to the left is the New Wing, which I didn’t take a picture is because it isn’t as pretty. I see now that that was an over sight and will add one later.
When you walk across the second bridge (there are two moats you see, so two bridges to get into the main Castle; it is very well fortified) and under the archway you get to the inner courtyard. Enter the door straight ahead of you and turn right, walk up a set of stairs and if you turn left there is Sophie’s Lounge. To the right are the yellow room, the Barbetta room, and the stairs up to the floor where my room is.
These are the stairs, I’ve mentioned them before:
Here is the window on the landing, and there’s a neat tree outside it.
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