So I got locked inside a castle while in Spain...(PICS)
 

perhaps you remember my post of "What should I do in Spain?" a couple weeks ago?

well I did up Spain. Including getting locked inside castle gates in Xativa and had to be rescued by the policia LOL. yes, Spain had the best adventures, too many to name, but the castle one took the cake. The castle was closed that day and it was raining and ominous outside, but a Russian couple came up there and just happened to have a bottle of champagne which they offered to have with me. So we drank champagne on the castle road on a cliff, overlooking the town, in the rain. They left in their car and by the time we did, the gates were closed and locked. we walked to the only hotel in the area that called the police to rescue us. They smirked when they saw my car behind the bars. My spanish isn't great so all I could do was shrug my shoulders.

We ended up staying atop the cliff at 'the castle hotel' because we didn't want to drive all the way back to the coast. they had only one room left, for us, where bats flew outside and we ate by candelabra light. tripppppy. Next day we toured one of the biggest castles in all of Spain. Turns out a Lord died in that castle the very day we were locked in, the anniversary of his death. yea, my life is not boring.

I had one of the best adventures in my traveling years-and my daughter did too. The laughs were plenty, the memories countless :thumbsup thanks to all who gave ideas, we did some, will save the others for our next trip back... which we will surly do! :thumbsup:thumbsup

ps-Spain obviously does not realize I am not the best driver. The tiny winding cliffside roads made for one car not two with trucks zooming by me had me driving white knuckled. my daughter got a kick out of my freaking out. and the tiny streets in tons of little towns where I attempted 20 point turn arounds because the tomtom kept saying 'turn around when possible' and driving up 60 degree inclines with a manual stick shift car was hilarious in and of itself. ugh. LOL priceless!

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Sounds like you had a great time.

Welcome back : )

any pics of the castle?

that is so cool! Would love to go to Spain, just waiting for my son to be a little older...

Are you still living in Cancun?

cant wait for the pics :)

Funny story, but if it could happen, it would happen to you.. lol

Well, if you were dumb enough to come to my castle I'd try to lock you in too!

http://www.jupzchris.com/castle/Spai...stle%20012.jpg

That is just classic. Sounds and looks like you had a great time!

hahaha yea that pretty much sums up my thoughts

Sounds like an awesome trip!

Too funny... but there are worse places you could have been stuck. ;)

Why did they let you out?


j/k - looks like a fun trip

It's the iron maiden for you!!

That would have been pretty cool

Ironically, you look very comfortable behind bars???? LOL

No gate ramming with the rental?

yeah that is the truth. and another thing I learned, don't drive down tiny streets that lead nowhere and you can't turn around!

Cool Castle!!!

Awesome shots Lori... good to have you back, and you didnt miss much... dont fret.

haha that's cool :1orglaugh

Thats like my dream location! Hope you had fun.

mi castle es su castle

Looks like a blast! Beautiful as well, Spain is absolutely gorgeous

wow sounds like you really had a great time and you forgot that its late and you have to leave:):):)

Nice pics!

Nice story....and nice pics too..

haha... nice pic!

haha, nice place to get locked...

i love spain, one of my favorite places. hope you had fun.

had the best adventure. i have a couple more pics coming :)