Best Captivating Travel Moments: Top Twelve 2012 Photos

With trips to Scotland, Ireland, London, Germany, Austria and Florida - yes, Florida - 2012 seemed to be a year of castles. There were ancient ones, crumbling ones and even one owned by a mouse. Not surprisingly, most of my favorite photos from the past year had something to do with these palatial residences. Even the pictures that aren't of actual castles, represent places or things that a king would probably like to have in or around his home: firearms, beverages, music, carnivals and a space shuttle. OK, so some things don't exactly fit the castle theme but if you were a rich monarch with unlimited resources, what kind of transportation would you want? Here are my top twelve travel photos of 2012, an homage to some of the most amazing, fantastical locales I've ever visited. Whether strolling through the medieval graveyard at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Scotland, listening to an up-and-comer at Tootsie's in Nashville or sipping a pint atop the Guinness factory in Dublin, 2012 afforded me a lifetime of memories, great stories and of course, amazing photos. Here's to a great 2012 and looking forward to seeing where the New Year takes me. Scottish Grave St. Andrews Cathedral Graveyard, St. Andrews, Scotland A Disney Christmas Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida see more at http://whereverittakestravel.blogspot.com/2012/12/disney-world-unwrapped.html Civil War Canon Antietam Battlefield, Maryland see more at http://whereverittakestravel.blogspot.com/2012/11/metrowest-daily-news-on-hallowed-ground.html A Tribute Bell Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts The King's Summer Home Hohenschwangau Castle, as seen from Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany see more at http://whereverittakestravel.blogspot.com/2012/03/where-to-go-palaces-in-bavariaaustria.html Carnival Time Ferris wheel on Navy Pier, Chicago, IL see more at http://whereverittakestravel.blogspot.com/2012/04/managing-chicago.html A Lucky Pint A couple pints of Guinness in Dublin, Ireland see more at http://whereverittakestravel.blogspot.com/2012/09/any-pub-in-dublin.html Lights of Broadway Music and bars on Broadway, Nashville, TN Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery, Air & Space Museum Hangar, Virginia Spring Thaw Lake Konigsee, Berchtesgaden, Germany see more at http://whereverittakestravel.blogspot.com/2012/03/salzburg-side-trippin.html I Spy an Irish Castle Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, Ireland Shore Sunset Sunset on the Eastern Shore, St. Michael's Maryland

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Get swept away by the sights and sounds of our top twelve travel photos from 2012. This stunning shot captures the thrill of a Ferris Wheel ride at Navy Pier, Chicago. For more wanderlust-inducing moments, visit www.whereverittakes.com.