Victoria- Craigdarroch Castle

This was one of Drew and my favorite stops in Victoria.  Craigdarroch Castle was beautiful and was a lot of fun to see. I loved seeing all the woodwork throughout the house because it was really pretty. Alden did really well in the house considering that he wasn't supposed to touch anything.  He and Daddy walked through the whole castle together looking at everything and talking about everything they saw.  Drew and I love seeing elaborate houses like this and taking ideas for our "dream house." We have a lot of fun figuring out what we like and don't like in places like Craigdarroch Castle.

Drew and I really want a fancy library with nice wooden, built-in bookshelves like these.

I think older baby carriages are super cute!

The painted ceiling was really pretty!

I would love to get to put Alden in a cute outfit like this.

The woodwork for the china cabinet in the dining room was beautiful!

The wood paneling in the house was really pretty but there was a little too much of it for my taste. However, it was very impressive to see.

This castle also had a good view of part of the city.

I loved seeing the bedrooms and how comfortably they were set up.

Drew's big question was how they got the billiard table up the stairs because it was huge and placed on the top floor of the castle.

The furniture in the castle was really nice.

Alden wanted to play the piano but Drew had to explain to him that he was not yet accomplished enough on the piano to play this instrument. Another visitor to the castle thought that this was exceptionally funny.

I love that they had a dance floor on the top floor.

They were the servants quarters but they still looked exceptionally nice to me.

I really liked this little dinning parlor.

Alden loved running around on the grounds outside after we had toured the whole inside. The grounds were really nice.

The outside of the castle looked really pretty too! I thought this was a great place to visit and we all had a great time touring around there.