It seems like whenever we travel anywhere we are always in a rush to get ther4e. The drive to Edinburgh was so beautiful we decided to stop along theay and "smell the roses". There are an amazing number of castles in Northern England on the coast. We stopped at two and really went into neither because unfortunately there wasn't time to really explore either of them fully. So we enjoyed them from the outside and have promised ourselves we will return to go inside. The first stop was as the Bamberg Castle. It is right on the water and from it you can see 4 additional castles. The beach was GORGEOUS!! White powdery sand, perfect. The boys love the beach and had the weather been nice we probably would have stayed longer and let them get wet and play longer. 
We went for tea after our beach stop and walked through Bamberg. Cute little town. There is a Castle Inn there and Jeff and I thought it would be fun to come back and stay sometime.
The next place I wanted to stop was Alnwick castle. It was one of the main castles used in the Harry Potter films 1 & 2. It was used for several of the courtyard shots and when the kids have their flying lessons. I watched the films when we returned home and was amazed at how much I recognized. This castle is an all day event with gardens and programs for the kids so we again decided it wasn't worth the money to just spend an hour. So we snapped our pictures from afar and moved on down the road. We can't wait to explore some more of the towns on this route as many are beautiful and offer some interesting sights. I believe you can't for 50 yards down the road in this country without finding something historic!
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