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Clearly, you like castles!

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Learn more about castles weekly with

“Traveling Feet”and

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Castle Hopping Step into the Spirit of RomanceVisit castles by DaySleep in Castles at nightTravel Royally * Manor Houses *Historic hotels & inns

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Embrace Stephanie’s Concept:

“Intentional Travel”© Focus your travels:

– For maximum experiential value– For maximum personal impact

Step into a dream and live it! Control the spirit of your travels with the intention of

reaching your personal goals through enriching, uplifting, inspiring travel experiences from which you return knowing you are a better person than when you left home!

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Great Castle Hopping Destinations:

Ireland Scotland Saxony, Germany France Spain

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Benefits of Castle HoppingMaintain a Mood& Cultivate a Flavor

Maximize the experience Build on your experience Fill your travels with uplifting, inspiring, enriching and enhancing days & nights Budget tight? Mix castle stays with inns and manor

houses & splurge for lunch, cocktails, dinner at castles along the way!

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Ireland:Choose your‘castle homes’ andthen plan yourday visits with ‘Hub & Spokes’ itinerary.

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Your Castle Homes in Ireland:

Castle Leslie: County Monaghan

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At Castle Leslie, you enter your castle home. . .

There is no reception deskThere is no lobbyYou enter your own castle home

met by a cheery fireplaceSleep in the Red Room where Paul

McCartney slept!

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Castle Lesliewww.castleleslie.com

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Sir John LeslieSeptember 1, 2006

First Cousin to Winston ChurchillUncle Jack’s famous quoteTo the BBC reporter:

“Paul McCarthy(sic- McCartney) is getting married here on Tuesday. . . But it’s a secret!”Leslie family traces itsHistory to Atilla the Hun, And includes the Duke of Wellington,Winston Churchill and other greats in history.

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Paul McCartneyis not the only one who married at Castle Leslie!The first All-American Wedding at Castle Leslie, January 2, 2003, was discussed on my radio shows and started a trend of Americans with no Irish heritage choosing Castle Leslie for their wedding! (That’s my daughter and my “other son.”

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Cong, IrelandLand of “The Quiet Man”

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The Quiet Man was filmed on the grounds of

Ashford Castle and around Cong, Ireland

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Ashford Castle…visit, stay there, or at least stop for tea or cocktails!

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Glenlo Abbey by NightKylemore Abbey by Day!

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Glenlo AbbeyBushy Park, Co. Galway

owned and managed by the Bourke Family

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And dine in historic train cars behindGlenlo Abbey. Stay at Glenlo Abbey by night. . .

Murder on the Orient Express Filmed in one of these train cars where you can have a gourmet meal!

Churchill’s body was transported on this train to Blenheim Palace for burial.

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AndVisit Kylemore Abbeyby day!

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Saint Patrick CentreDownpatrickNorthern Ireland

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The Saint Patrick Centrewww.saintpatrickcentre.com

An incredible tribute and exploration of the life and times of Patrick steps away from his gravesite

Interactive displays telling Patrick’s story in his own words from his writings

A moving experience for children and adults regardless of their religion

30 minutes drive from Belfast Day trips available from Dublin Well worth the visit!

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The Slieve DonardNewcastle, No. Ireland

Walk out the back door onto the Royal County Down Golf Course,visit Downpatrick, Castle . . . All short hops away!

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Slieve DonardNamed for Northern Ireland’s Tallest Mountain

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First Church in Ireland Built by Patrick a mile from Downpatrick, County Down

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Mount Stewart House & Gardens

Visit this wonderful manor house in County Down, Northern Ireland, by day. . .

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And Castle Wardwith its own special story. . .

They had to leave in a hurry!

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An incredible story Visit Castle Ward, a short drive from

Newcastle or Downpatrick in No. Ireland Enjoy the Ward family’s unique story of the

design of this castle home with a split personality of Classical and Gothic architectural design and the owners who had to leave quickly when they couldn’t pay the taxes.

Completely furnished with family items as it was the day the Wards were forced to leave.

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Explore the SouthFrom Killineyto Waterford

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Fitzpatrick CastleKilliney, Dublin Co.,Ireland

Wonderful lodging Strategically located for sightseeing. . .

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Waterford Castle by Day or Night

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Foynes Flying Boat MuseumCounty Limerick

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Have you heard of Foynes?

Have you heard of the Flying Boat?

Have you heard of Irish Coffee?

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Irish Coffee invented at Foyneswww.foynesflyingboatmuseum.com

A remarkable museum to the history of the Flying Boat reminds travelers that elegant travel lived on.

The fashionable way to cross the ocean until the early ’50’s carrying the rich & famous on Pan Am Clipper, BOAC, and American Overseas Airlines manufactured by Boeing Aircraft in Seattle.

Half the size of a 747 with beds for each passenger, dinners served on linens and china

Water takeoff’s and splashing down resulted chilled passengers.Foynes Airport’s bartender created “Irish Coffee” to warm up chilled passengers.

Jim Sheridan, the bartender, went to work in San Francisco, taking “Irish Coffee” with him.

Famous pax included: John F. Kennedy, Senator Joe Kennedy, Bing Crosby, Maureen O’Hara whose husband, Capt. Charles Blair was a Flying Boat pilot!

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From Foynes to BunrattyThe drive from Foynes to the Shannon, Limerick, Ennis area is about

30 minutes. Bunratty is a short drive from Limerick.

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Bunratty Castle by Day

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Dromoland Castle by night

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For a wee bit of Renaissance fun at Drumoland Castle

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Adare Manor County Limerick

Stop for lunch, tea, cocktails, dinner and overnight if you can!

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Scotland

Recommended stays:Dalhousie CastleCulzean CastleGlenapp CastleFernie Castle and if you cantake over the whole castle, consider Myers Castle

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Visit Castles inScotland

Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Castle:The Royal Mile"The largest, longest and finest street

for Buildings and Number of Inhabitants, not only in Britain, but in the World..."

(Daniel Defoe, 1723)

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Edinburgh, ScotlandVisit Holyrood Castle Often used as a royal residence

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Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian

Bonnierigg near Edinburgh1296 — King Edward I of England stayed at Dalhousie Castle before the Battle of Falkirk when Sir William Wallace was defeated.

2006- You and your client can stay there for a bit of elegance and romantic adventure!

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Dalhousie CastleBonnierigg near Edinburgh

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Rosslyn ChapelScotland

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Rosslyn Chapel Interior

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Rosslyn Chapel Interior

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Between Castle Visits,Walk with the Reindeer

Cairngorm Reindeer Center, Highlands, Scotland

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Culzean CastleAyrshire, Scotland

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Culzean Castle StairwayView from Dwight David Eisenhower Apartment

Culzean, pronounced ‘Cullean’ was built in sections over a period of centuries. The last portion built was the stairway that unifies the wings of the castle. If you didn’t adopt a reindeer at the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre, you can adopt a red deer at Culzean. My deer’s name is Lucy!

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Ike’s Office at Culzean CastleEisenhower stayed at Culzean while conferring with Churchill about the war in Europe. The Laird of Culzean presented Ike with the apartment to be used as his “home at Culzean” during his lifetime. Ike stayed there once as President

and twice after leaving office.

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The Eisenhower ApartmentCulzean Castle, Scotland

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The Eisenhower Bedroom Culzean Castle Scotland

The Eisenhower apartment includesa beautiful drawing room, dining room, bedrooms to sleep 12 which can berented individually for one night or more or can be rented exclusively for a family or business group. The viewsfrom the apartment are spectacular andoverlook the grounds of Culzean Castle

and the sea.

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Glenapp CastleAyrshire, Scotland

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Glenapp Castle5-Star Luxury in Ayrshire

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Glenapp CastleGlenapp opened as a 5-star Relais & Chateau property with 17

accommodations for 34 guests, gourmet dining, beautiful private grounds and gardens in a tranquil and safe corner of the world. This is “must stay” elegance where the grounds are open only to guests

in residence.

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St. Andrews by DayFernie Castle by Night

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Fernie Castle Only Minutes Away from St. Andrews

ScotlandNeal Blackburn, thecurrent Laird of Fernie Castle decided to removethe exterior stucco-like coating, knownas harling, that waspopular in earlier centuries, leaving the original stoneexposed.

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SaxonyGermany

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DresdenSaxony, Germany

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Saxony Germany & Saxon Switzerland

www.saxonytourism.comStep into a fairytale! Cultural richnessArchitecturally flamboyantNaturally lushHistorically intenseMusically notableAnd castles abound by day & night!

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From Paris to Nice with gefhotels.com

Grandes Etapes Francaisewww.gefhotels.comChateaux by day and by nightOriginators of chateau

accommodations concept

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Grandes Etapes FrancaiseChateaux

www.GEFhotels.com 10 chateauxFamily owned by creator of Chateau-hotel concept

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Stay at a GEF HotelsChateaux by night & visit. . .

Chateau d’Esclimont Chateau d’Artigny Chateau d’Isenbourg

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Chenonceau in the Loire Valley of France and. . .

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Visit Blois. . .

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and Chambord by day. . .

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And then visit Biltmore!Asheville, North Carolina

The features of Bloise, Chenonceau and Chambord were combined to create the Vanderbilt castle in America:

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And Stay at Blantyrein the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts in Lenox

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Castle Hopping is the ultimate in . . .

trips designed to be:

inspirationaluplifting enriching life enhancing

and created to assure travelers platinum experiences that

result in lifelong valuable memories.

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