We took advantage of our National Trust Membership this weekend to visit Waddesdon, an impressive country estate just outside Aylesbury about 70 miles away. We took Ed Jay our Canadian teacher who lives in Flat One with us.
The estate was created by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 19th century and he filled the Renaissance style Chateau with the best collectio n of 18th century French art including paintings,furniture,carpets and curiosities in the world. It is an incredible display of wealth and makes one understand how the French Revolution occurred!!
Added to this is the beautiful garden and surrounds, with fountains and statuary abounding and an aviary which houses many exotic birds some of which are endangered species.
The whole place is open for sightseeing, and contains room after room of exhibits and memorabillia of the family which is most interesting.There is a wine cellar contining vintages from the Rothschild Estates in France, and the wines are for sale. Carol did not respond to my suggestion that we buy a bottle of 1978 Claret at L550 - the thought of popping the cork of something at $200 a glass was too much!
When we got back to Ramsey we found that it had been raining all day while a mere 70 miles away we were wandering around the magnificent gardens in sunshine.
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