More random pictures from writing castle
We were walking distance from a very small, very charming village.
But when we walked into town for lunch one day all the pubs and restaurants were closed which made Jennifer Lynn Barnes very sad.
You simply can't go on a trip with a person who has written a book called THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH without taking this picture. 
Sarah Cross made a new friend
Every time we turned into the long, long lane that led to the castle I seriously got goose bumps
Jennifer Lynn Barnes is very good at many things. Tree climbing perhaps isn't one of them.
But, then again, maybe it is!
Two days into the trip I started calling my room "the kiln" because it was tiny and yellow and consistently the warmest room in the house.
Probably my favorite part about the castle itself was all the room around it to walk.
There was even a beautiful old cemetery on the property (which was awesome...and eerie...since I was reading THE GRAVEYARD BOOK at the time).
One day early on we felt very ambitious and made afternoon tea. Just thinking of it makes me hungry!
And, of course, there was a peacock.
Labels: Fun photos
posted by Ally Carter at Monday, March 16, 2009
23 Comments:
Aw, the famous peacock! (or one of them!)
Thanks for sharing the pics! Looks like you have a wonderful time!
The famous peacock!
Wow, everything looks so gorgeous... I love the old world feel that Europe has.
THE PEACOCK!
That's so pretty! I love all the walking space and the 15th century European look. That's so amazing!
I hope you had bucket-loads of fun!
--Nadia
OHHHHHHHHHHHH! ITS THE PEACOCK!
You're killing me even more. Do you like doing this to me? LOL! It's amazing there! I love it! Especially the peacock. I once saw one that that looked almost like that. The pics are awesome. I think I'm gonna go ask my mom one more time. BYE!
It looks like an amazing vacation! Was anybody able to get any work done? I don't know if I could, because it looks like there was a lot to do!
I love those pictures, you guys look like you had so much fun and it enjoyed it. Im glad you had great company with you to see those beautiful sights.
And that peacock scares me :(
That sounds like an amazing vacation!! The pictures look so cool! Every time i get back from a vacation i am always glad to sleep in my own bed too.
I cannot believe you put up that butt-shot of me trying to climb the tree! :)~
its the peacock!! that castle is sooo beautiful! looks like you had a great time!! :)
That wuz sooooooooooooooo cool! Now i want 2 go. But why didn't u stay 4 St. Patrick's Day?
Hey Ally,
Course there was a peacock! LOL. I love the picture of the long lane. it DOES give me goosebumps! LOL. I like ur scarf in the first picture.
CYAO, glad u had fun,
Wghoops21
cool! looks like fun!
any news on the "heist" title yet?
a peapock?
Got to Love Life
Kaleigh
finally, we see the peacock!! i followed you on twitter and there was always talk of the peacock and i was really confused!! thanks for the pics ally!! can't wait till june 9!!!!!!!!!!
LEC
Awww looks like you had so much fun ally!
wow. and here I thought the peacock was just an inside joke of sorts. now where's a picture of castle kitteh, hmmm?
"Forti et fideli nihil difficile" = For the brave and trustworthy, nothing is difficult.
O'Keefe Family motto
Not a bad epigraph for GG! (Although spies, generally speaking, are not very trustworthy.)
Caveat! si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes!
Omigosh, now I really want to go to Ireland!
And Graveyard Book does rock, indeed. I loved it. Neil Gaiman deserves the awards. Great pictures!
Did you take any pics of Castle Kitten? The castle is beautiful!!! Glad you had a good time! :-)
OMG i have a peacock that lives outside my house (only 1) and it is sooo annoying it wakes me up every morning w/ its little loud cat meow type scream which also happens at random other moments and everyone in my family and all my neighbors are always joking about killing it or running it out of the neighborhood, even tho we acutally do want to. I hope that peacock wasn't as annoying
My friend's name is Hannah Peacock!!!
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