'have fun storming the castle!'

today we went to leiden castle. despite the fact that it's right in the middle of town, you'd never find it unless you were looking for it.


(55 steps.)

i really wish this pathway were a moat:


(it goes all the way around the castle... can't you just picture some alligators and a drawbridge?)


on some of the shots, i used my camera's tunsteen setting for added creepiness.



there was this random bottle leaning against the castle wall. it looked so perfectly posed.



inside the castle:


a well!


(it's dry now, but apparently somebody once caught a herring in it, indicating that it got its water from the north sea.)



there were a couple other tourists, but it seems to have become a teenage hangout.



awesome view from the top:



this was once a bathroom:



i like to pretend that the castle is hogwarts and that this tree is the whomping willow.


in other news, tomorrow is our first museum class trip! we're going to the frans hals museum in haarlem. should be a good time...

later alligator,
b.