The castle had no formal heating system.
I had always wanted to go to Ireland, where my ancestors came from.
After we retired, my husband and I finally got to take the vacation of my dreams.
We had made plans to stay in an old castle that had been converted into an Air BNB. The castle had no formal heating system, but there were fireplaces in every room. Every morning, someone would come into the rooms and lay fresh wood in the fireplace to keep the heat in the room. They would deliver more wood to the rooms throughout the day. Sometimes it got freezing, and no one but the guests seemed to notice. We were told that being raised in the castle meant that everyone was used to the drafts. I could only imagine what it was like living in the castles in the olden days. It must have been hard to keep warm since most of the turrets didn’t have glass at the windows. I was walking through the castle one afternoon, and had gotten turned around. I heard an odd noise coming from the hallway and realized there were air vents in the walls. There was heat coming from the air vents, and I got more curious. I asked one person I passed in the hall where the furnace was located. She told me there were three furnaces in the castle. One was in a centralized furnace room on each floor. So much for the castle having no formal heating system. The fireplaces were only for the guests. We were paying for the castle experience, while everyone else had modern furnaces to keep them warm.