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I have to say it is so nice to see leaves on the trees - we still just have the buds over here.
Aww... that's such a shame, but at least I guess you still have all that to look forward to.
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This is just so fasinating. I'm taking a weekend trip to Mount Vernon and this is getting me excited to see the displays there.
I hope you enjoy your trip there - I hope you'll do a trip report?
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I noticed on the Rules that it said Bury St Edmonds. Is that where this is located? That is where my bother in law grew up and the town where my grandmother lived in before she came to the states. My BIL and sister now live up north in Durham County, Newton Aycliffe.
Sing it with me - it's a small world after all
It is where it's located and you'll love it later on this day, as we drove through Bury St. Edmunds when we left Ickworth and I have a few photos from there.
I wonder if they keep repeating their "script" over and over or if they really and truly are just chatting. At first it seems kind of neat that they're in their little world and you can't bother them, but then it appears to be kind of... awkward. I think I'd come and visit a second time and wear the proper period clothing so I could talk and interact with them! Just kidding.
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I wonder if they keep repeating their "script" over and over or if they really and truly are just chatting.
I must admit I couldn't help but wonder that. If I was them, I couldn't do the same script over and again, I'd have to keep it all flowing, otherwise it wouldn't feel natural.
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At first it seems kind of neat that they're in their little world and you can't bother them, but then it appears to be kind of... awkward. I think I'd come and visit a second time and wear the proper period clothing so I could talk and interact with them! Just kidding.
Friday 18 April – part four: this is truly upstairs, downstairs!
As we were now done with the servants’ quarters, we headed upstairs into the main house, and wow, what a difference the second you entered the entrance hall.
Talk about upstairs and downstairs. It really brought home the difference in the servants’ and masters’ lives to you.
We visited the dining room first…
… then the library, which had a unique design, again because of the rotunda shape. It was fascinating to talk to the volunteer in here, who told us that the chandelier in here was made for electricity, whereas the one in the next room that you’ll see in a minute, wasn’t and they had to convert it.
And this is the one that wasn’t made for electricity originally…
The room was stunning as well…
We headed off next to the smoking room, which was off one side of the main entrance hall…
… and then the Pompeian Room, which was off the other side of the main entrance hall. This was completed in 1879 when the third Marquess asked designers to decorate the room in the style of frescoes excavated at the Villa Negroni in Rome. Preservation work has been carried out on this recently, after it was damaged by water penetration through the roof.
We’ll be seeing a lot more of this Italian style in a few months’ time when we head to Italy for our road trip!
Next: now this is how the National Trust should do all their restaurants!
I'm probably in the minority, but I'd rather live in the servants' quarters! I'm not saying I'd want all the work, and I'd like a few more windows, but the decor upstairs I find just stiflingly over-wrought and depressing. I like the utilitarian feel of the downstairs! If I could live down there, but be waited on, we'd have a deal!
I'm probably in the minority, but I'd rather live in the servants' quarters! I'm not saying I'd want all the work, and I'd like a few more windows, but the decor upstairs I find just stiflingly over-wrought and depressing. I like the utilitarian feel of the downstairs! If I could live down there, but be waited on, we'd have a deal!
I know what you're saying. It is a bit much upstairs, isn't it? But I'm with you, I wouldn't want their work...
I'm with Laurie, I much prefer the simple look of the downstairs. That's just too much gold and... stuff... I don't even know! It's just too much! Nice to look at, sure, but not to live with it every single day.
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