By Jackie Burrell
From The Mercury News
Blame childhood fairy tales or the Disney effect, but castles cast a spell over even the most level-headed of us. We’re enchanted by the very idea of crenellated ramparts and soaring towers, troubadors, jesters and knights. Not the reality of palace life, mind you—we read “Spare,” we definitely don’t want to be royal—but a peek might be nice. And there are castles round the world happy to oblige.
