Bojnice Castle Dreaming

Posted by Amanda Kendle Jun 8, 2006

Have any of your childhood dreams inspired your trips around the world? I can think of three, and two of them are related to Sunday evenings at home in Australia. The Disney show came on every week with pretty music and a view of that famous castle. Like every Australian child, I dreamt of visiting Disneyland, and in my 20s I did, acting like a kid the whole time! But I also wanted to visit a real castle. Across Eastern Europe I found numerous castles in fascinating locations, but the one that really met my childhood expectations was Slovakia's Bojnice Castle: read about it in

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