Castles Castles Castles

Mostly we focused on castles.

While this was the first castle whose gift shop sold bows, we found the swords and weapons in the gift shops got better and better the further we went. Which meant our weapons load got heavier and heavier...

In the Loire Valley, with some of the best chateaus, there's a park with mini-castles to give kids and adults a preview before you go to the real ones.

and costumes:

Costumes could be augmented, if necessary:

but given the default level of cuteness, not necessary: