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I wonder if in the summer there is more information to understand what you're seeing? Seems you should have had a greatly reduced admission, given how little explanation there was for anything.....lots of potential there, but I'd have been disappointed.
I would've preferred a reduced rate, as I'm sure you get a lot more - for starters, they have craftspeople to explain things (although whether they speak English - I have no idea....). As you say, lots of potential, but it didn't realise it.
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So this is supposed to be some sort of historical... umm... museum type place? Just trying to figure it out since it's very odd that nothing is labeled as to what you're looking at or it's historical significance.
Well I just found their website, which has a definition in English on the front page (you have to scroll down a bit to get to it...)
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Well, you could always make up your own stories as to what it all means....
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That was kind of odd with the lack of signs there for your visit. Not the way to inform and teach visitors about a particular place!
Loved the donkeys, but like you, I'm not a big fan of goats, but perhaps there are a few pluses about them. ...I just can't think of any at the moment. Your visit was quite nice, but so overpriced for what you got!
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That was kind of odd with the lack of signs there for your visit. Not the way to inform and teach visitors about a particular place!
Definitely not!
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Loved the donkeys, but like you, I'm not a big fan of goats, but perhaps there are a few pluses about them. ...I just can't think of any at the moment. Your visit was quite nice, but so overpriced for what you got!
Saturday 11 January – part five: this is just beautiful whereas this is just freaky…
The next section didn’t need any wording, as it was just beautiful on its own, and it was fairly obvious what it was…
To me, there’s something very beautiful and calming about water flowing like this. I know it sounds like a contradiction in terms, but somehow I just find it very soothing.
As we walked further on, there were more waterfalls, although these were a bit more unique. I’ve never seen anything like this before:
Then we entered this area of the garden…
… and found these guys:
I stepped through very gingerly, so as not to disturb them, so I could photograph them. Can you guess what happened when Mark arrived? He scared them straight off. He swore to me he was being quiet, but he obviously wasn’t, as they disappeared as soon as he came on the scene!
Isn’t this just the most beautiful garden?
This is the little grotto hidden at the back of the garden.
From here, we entered this area, which was patently where craftsmen would usually be. You see, that’s supposed to part of the attraction here. However, apart from the three people we saw at the entrance, we didn’t see any other staff members during our whole visit here. It seems as if the place has also been programmed that way, and by that, I mean that lights and other things (for example machinery or music if it was appropriate to the room you were in) would come on as you entered the rooms. I found it all a bit eerie, and after a couple of rooms, I waited for Mark to catch up with me, as the whole thing freaked me out, especially as we genuinely think we were the only visitors in the whole property at that time.
I’ll say now that the house really left both of us cold, compared to how lovely it was outside. I was expecting a lot more, and felt quite let down. Don’t get me wrong, some of the rooms were very nice, but they were sadly in the minority.
This area was lovely…
… but then things got even more freaky. This was the doctor’s office and apothecary…
To me, there was something wrong with hanging all these like this as well…
This is a very unique place. Lots of variety and things to see!
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whereas this is just freaky… 
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