leeds to reality...

If memory serves, it was in 2003 when I came across a list of the 10 best European castles in the Discovery Channel website. And topping the list is Leeds Castle in Kent, South East of England. Having such a fascination of royal residences, I have been talking about going to this castle since.

I made it there last May, during my holiday in the UK. According to the Discovery website, the English call it the loveliest castle in the world. Maybe other citizens of the world may beg to differ but if it is the loveliest, I can’t be the judge of that. I have not visited that many castles in my life. The castle itself is not huge as I expected it to be but it has wide-open spaces, which I love the most when visiting these royal residences. It makes me feel like a princess strolling around in it. Hhmm..

Leeds Castle has entered my list of favourite royal residences visited after Schonbrunn Palace in Austria and Chateau de Versailles in France. There are other palaces, castles and chateaus, which I have visited, but none of them has left a lasting impression on me than the 3, which I have mentioned above.

To see more of Leeds Castle, click here to see my photo page from my visit to the UK in May.