Gravensteen Castle- Ghent, Belgium
Gravensteen Castle means "Castle of the Counts" in Dutch. I don't know if I have been living under a rock, but in Belgium, the top part of the country speaks Dutch, and the bottom half speaks French. I'm not sure when I missed that memo. So, during our time in Gent, things were mostly in Dutch, and as we made our way to Brussels, I started to be able to understand more as it switched to more French. Climbing the tower! I was so excited to visit this particular castle because it looked exactly how I would draw a castle, with the square top battlements and all old stone stacked on one another. This castle was built in 1180 by Count Philip of Alsace. As we entered through the gate of the castle, the modern ticket booth with bathroom facilities came into view. That was the only modern structure in the whole castle compound! This attraction was not stroller friendly, so we parked our stroller in the ticket office and climbed the stairs to the gift shop/aud...