collections / castles:

February 22, 2011

Neuschwanstein Castle: Luiz Pires

Twinkling Castle, Edinburgh: Martin Tenbones

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97 hello's:

  1. the balloon castle is hands down my favorite. i hope i dream i'm frolicking around it tonight!

    do you have wanderlust on the brain Danni? me too!!!!!! jon and i are hoping to go to europe next summer and possibly, Lord willing, catch an olympic event or two in London. any travel plans with the nick-ster coming up?

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  2. Castles on islands?! That is too cool. But my favorite is the one smack in the middle of lush green mountains. Mountains are my favorite natural landscape so that place would probably be too much for my little heart to handle. Haha.

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  3. Hi, I came by your blog through Design Sponge, such a cute wedding you had! Just wanted to let you know that the first unknown castle is Burg Eltz in Germany :)

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  4. Oh my, the castles by the sea remind me of my favourite story, 'The Little Mermaid'. Thanks for the castle collection Danni. Love them!

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  5. Oh, yay! I was at the third picture from the top! That is actually an outbuilding of the main castle on the property. It's part of Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay, NY. There is a bowling alley in there. So cool!

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  6. Hey Danni - the balloon picture is by Tim Walker - www.timwalkerphotography.com

    (Looks like a scan though)

    X

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  7. castle and balloons....I want to go stay!

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  8. I live just a few hours from Neuschwanstein and really have no excuse for not having wandered over yet. But, balloons! On castles! How completely wonderful.

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  9. suhweet images, friend! i esp love the one with the red castle - it totally stands out. i just love how red pops out like that.

    happy tuesday!!!

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  10. this is so dreamy!
    makes me feel like a little girl.
    love.

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  11. The balloon castle is http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/

    He has some beautiful images!

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  12. Oh, gosh! I love every single one of them, to the nth degree! Oh to see but one! I must travel to Europe, I must! xx

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  13. the fifth and the last are neuschwanstein too from diffrent angles... and one i think is a other Friedrich castle, but i am not sure...the pics are sooo princess like!

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  14. wow! what a lovely post!! Oh, how I wish I was a princess! the mansion with all the colourful balloons on/around it is a photo by Tim Walker... My favourite ever photographer! Thanks for such beautiful pictures! :)

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  15. P.S. The fourth pic is of Leeds Castle in Kent, UK. I spent many childhood days there. :D

    Lovely collection...

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  16. I'd love to take a trip and visit castles all over the world. They're so magical! Especially if situated on a mountain-top or completely surrounded by water :)

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  17. beautiful-i've actually been to a few of those places!!

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  18. These are wonderful! I think the balloon one would have to be my favourite

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  19. I don't know if I love the island one or the red one best. They are both so cute!
    Oh and I'd love to have a party at the balloon one.

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  20. Awesome post. It's my dream to backpack through Wales and visit every castle I come across. Maybe next year!

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  21. WOW! These are just so incredible with such inspiration!
    ~Andrea

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  22. I'm getting a Harry Potter vibe from this post! Love it lol. And that third photo is beautiful...as is that island castle! So pretty!

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  23. The perfect Princess post! I love castles and love just looking at them.

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  24. wow!! these photos are soo amazing!! that balloon castle is totally rad! would love to live in a castle one day hehe!!

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  25. This is a great collection! I looove castles.

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  26. these photos are sooo dreamy! i just love them. it makes me want to go back to france and visit oodles of castles. xoxo jcd :: cornflake dreams

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  27. موقع تعارف عالمي محترم جداً
    اريد اصدقاء

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  28. Hi, the 8. is Isola di Loreto (Lago d'Iseo) Italy.
    great pictures!

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  29. oh wow..love these castles...to wander from room to room.To decorate them..to make art in these huge buildings...to have a studio in one of those ;)

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  30. I live in Edinburgh - I get that beautiful view every time I hit the shops! It is truly wonderful to have a view like that in the city centre. I often reflect on how lucky I am to live here! x

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  31. موقع تعارف عالمي محترم جداً
    اريد اصدقاء


    alzaidi_saleh2009@yahoo.com

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  32. I have being round a few castles myself and love seeing them, they do interest me quite a lot.

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  33. موقع تعارف عالمي محترم جداً وراقي

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  34. alzaidi_saleh2009@yahoo.com

    للصداقة

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  35. I love Edinburgh! It's one of my favourite cities in the UK! Beautiful post, Danni. xo

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  36. OMG these are soooo cool. I would love to live in a castle and be like a proper princess even if it was just for a day. You even have the disney castle on there. Part of me is still wondering about Disneyland Paris longing to live in it :( I'm not kidding but I took about at lest 75 photos of it in the space of 4 days!!! That little collection was absolutely lovely. Thatnkyou for shareing.
    P.S. That first one in the snow was sooo beautifull. Like something out of a winter fairytale :)

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  37. These are so beautiful.
    I'm not 100% sure but the second from the bottom looks like the castle on Lake Bled in Slovenia. As I said I'm not completely sure but it looks like it. And I'll be able to confirm in June as I'm finally going to see it live. I'm almost giddy, been waiting years to go to Slovenia.
    P.S. Loved your wedding photos.

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  38. the Neuschwanstein Castle is just beautiful :)))

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  39. I love the photo with the balloons! Congrats on the Blog of Note too!

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  40. Wow!! Gorgeous photos, and amazing castles! Love the second one cause it's like we're sneaking a peek :) number 6 is as though it were out of a movie set! Number 9 is just perfect! number 12 is so dreamy and I love the natural mountain pinks with the bright red of the castle! Thanks for sharing :)

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  41. oh my gosh!! these are breathtaking!! it makes me wish i could live in one SO BAD!

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  42. Gorgeous Pictures. Nice to throw in the Disney Castle :-). I especially liked the one on the water.
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  43. Great line-up of some truly inspiring works of architecture...but you forgot the best one...the Alacazar in Segovia, Spain. I've only seen it in pictures, but it's a stunner.(thought I doubt it ever gets completely covered in snow...or balloons!)

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  44. I will live in that castle someday...p.s. tried to spell it unsucessfully(sp?) like 10 times
    --John

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  45. Wow! Definately just added something to my "see before I die" list!

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  46. AWESOME POST! I'm glad I found your blog!!!

    Steve
    Common Cents
    http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com

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  47. So gorgeous! I absolutely love castles and am quite fascinated by them. I love going to them and thinking of how life must have been for those who lived there. And I love how Neuschwanstein Castle dominates this post, ha!

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  48. Congrats on being a "blog of note"! Your blog is very fun and I really enjoyed the wedding post! What a great way to have a lovely, meaningful, fun, simple but elegant and not bank busting wedding! Very refreshing to find young people like you! You'll go far in this life, I'm sure!

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  49. What magnificent buildings these castles are! The first picture is my favourite by far. Congratulations on becoming a blog of note and for having SO MANY followers! I've joined the list.

    Follow me too:

    www.duncaninkuantan.blogspot.com

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  50. Oh so magical!

    Thank you for the fantasy journey.

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  51. I love love love castles! I collect them. in fact there are a few on my blog

    http://10minutes2breathe.blogspot.com/2010/11/broken-castles.html

    thank you so much for this post really made my day. the pictures are gorgeous! Blessings, Joanne

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  52. I've been to Neuschwanstein castle, and it was the most romantic place I've ever seen.
    I'm glad it got more attention than the other castles :)
    There's something so inherently romantic about castles, thanks for brightening my day :)

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  53. I love your blog!! these castle photos are beautiful.

    Please check my blog out at:
    http://for-like-eva.blogspot.com/

    R xx

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  54. ooo, so pretty...I remember the first castle I saw in person, in Warsaw, Poland, when I was sixteen...hmmm I'm feeling the best sort of nostalgia right now. These are splendid. Whoever mentioned wanderlust is exactly right. I'd like to hop on a plane to Europe right now.

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  55. Think I'll buy me one of those one of these days :P

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  56. ohmygosh! The balloon castle is beyond adorable. The princess in me is swooning.

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  57. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!! I've been to the one Edinburgh and when you are there, you feel like you are back in time..

    Thanks for sharing :)

    http://ladyonaroof.blogspot.com/

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  58. Wow, I didn't even know that there could be such beautiful castles still standing!

    Amazing the work the people had to do to get such structures made!

    Loved this post, but also the whole blog too. Also love that you love Jesus.

    http://treebytheriverblog.blgospot.com

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  59. ACHTUNG, ACHTUNG hier kommt Kurt Cobain :) viel Spaß beim lesen. http://misschrissi.blogspot.com/2011/02/musikerportrat-kurt-cobain.html
    und vergesst nicht unser Voting:) ihr hab nur noch einen Tag Zeit http://misschrissi.blogspot.com/2011/02/musikvideo-der-woche.html

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  60. Hi, I just popped in from Blog of Note - Congratulations - your Blog is truly inspirational, and I will be sure to come back often. I even made a special link over to you on one of my blogs. Wonderful pictures! :) I lvoe your design! and..... Congratulations on your marriage. Sorry for the all-in-one comment... I'm breathless reading everything :) I love your 101 list too - already inspired to update my list a bit!! :)

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  61. Oh my God! What gorgeous!!! I love all the castles you showed!

    lisforlovelythings.blogspot.com

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  62. My goodness! These are all so beautiful!
    My uni organized a trip for students to visit quite a lot of Europe's most amazing castles. It was quite expensive so I couldn't afford it but I still dream that one day I'll get to see at least a few of them :)

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  63. Oh my! They are stunning. Can you imagine that level of commitment in our age? The Millenium Dome seems to speak volumes of what is produced in 20th/21st Century :(

    I live in the Western Isles, and we have a (smallish) castle here in Stornoway (funnily enough, I posted a photo on my blog yesterday).

    Wonderful photos...

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  64. it is perfect! I really like it!

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  65. just wow. ive always like been dreaming to travel one day and visit all the castles that existed in this entire world. and you inspired me more. thnaks..

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  66. Aaw, Neuschwanstein is sooo beautiful, and I love the others too! This is my first visit to your blog but I'm sure I'll be back x

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  67. THe first of the Unknowns is Burg Eltz.

    Beautiful shots.

    http://www.burg-eltz.de/e_index.html

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  68. If I could just live in a castle for one day. Wow these are beautiful!! =)

    Melanie's Randomness

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  69. That fantastic! realy! these website is way better then everything I ever saw.

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  70. Is that Lily Allens music video?! I loved music video with all the balloons and dancing presents...

    http://www.thefinishing-school.com

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  71. I might be crazy, but I think #2 and #3 are Disney theme park castles? Not DisneyWorld in Florida, but maybe California, Japan or Euro?

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  72. I love these photos! I wish I had these framed!

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  73. im pretty sure the 2nd and 3rd pictures are both Cinderellas castle Walt-Disney world in florida! :D

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  74. This just made me believe I am supposed to live in a castle

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  75. I used to live in Europe and actually grew tired of castles after a while, but this collection is just GORGEOUS! I am wistful for a journey home.

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  76. i'm fairly new the blogosphere but have been following your blog for a little while (hello!) and i love love this castle post! so dreamy! =)

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  77. I recognized the photo of the castle with the balloons and I searched, but couldn't find the link. :( It was a post on a wedding blog about a wedding that was inspired by the Pixar movie Up, and I remember it was a lovely wedding, but I can't remember where I saw it!

    I love this collection. Breath taking!

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  78. i would love to explore any of these! they're right out of a storybook. i feel like floating away into a dream world. thanks so much for sharing!

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  79. Hello! Your first picture is actually Hohenschwangau, and the fifth is Neuschwanstein if I remember correctly. You can look at http://www.hohenschwangau.de/ticketcenter.0.html - Both are beautiful inside and out!

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  80. Очень красивые замки, я в восторге. Творение творческого человека красиво в разных его проявлениях, как в строениях, так и в изготовление брелков .

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  81. amazing posts, all are beautiful and tooo lovely, it is a world beauty.

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  82. Hi Dani

    I am not sure if someone said this already because i didnt read through all of the posts, but you have about 3 or 4 pics of Neuschwanstein. The last picture from Andrew is it, as well as the last picture all together... the castle looks different from different angles and dif. seasons :)

    great collection!!

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  83. My last name is Castle, so I loooove looking at these. I'd die to go to just one of them!

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  84. WOW! These photos seriously took my breath away. Gorgeous!!!

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  85. The ballon castle is from Lily Allen's video to 'The Fear'.. :)

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  86. Very nice. I did not know much. Hungary is also a lot of us can see the castle. I lived near one of them. Very nice. There are several books on castles. But only one is visible in many parts of the world.
    http://www.konyv-konyvek.hu/book_images/11a/118423011a.jpg

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  87. yes please. I will take one of each.

    now.

    where are they? :)


    xoxo
    Janee
    yellowbirdyellowbeard.blogspot.com

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