Windsor Castle was one of nine castles
Windsor Castle is the world's largest and oldest inhabited castle and is still one of the most important country…
Highclere Castle aka How I became a Downton fan
I must admit, I didn’t watch Downton Abbey when it was first on television. It has a very profound reason: it was…
Stowe – The perfect landscape garden
I think, probably most of us has a picture in mind about a romantic, sometimes mysterious English landscape garden, with…
Where can you find a Wyvern, a Patagonian foot and a Plunge pool?
I don’t know about you, but as far as I am concerned, I prefer châteaus and stately homes to fortresses…
Nuffield Place – A humble millionare’s home
I love visiting different places, manor houses, castles, stately homes, grand houses and I am always fascinated by the architecture,…
Three beautiful (haunted) Scottish castles
The first things come to people’s minds about Scotland are probably “Nessie”, whisky, kilts and castles, which of course have…
A day in the Cotswolds – Sudeley Castle
I realised the other day that we have been to many places during the 2.5 years since we have been…
Norfolk! A country gentleman
Who is Desmond? You do not know him? It does not matter, I will explain who he is. Desmond is…
Christmas feeling with Grimm’s fairy tales
I love visiting old estates, manor houses, castles, villas, parks in England and we try to go and see one…
A baroque house with a love story – Ashdown House
It was a cloudy Sunday back in May 2017 when we visited Ashdown House in Oxfordshire. The building stands in…