Yesterday, Katie & Lauren & I went to Harewood House, one of the treasure houses of England - like an old estate house built in the 18th century. It was absolutely beautiful, and even though we weren't allowed to take pictures of the inside of the house, I'm sure you can imagine, by the photos of the outside, how extravagant everything was! If you go to the website, you can see more photos of inside the house and some of the history that we got on the tour. http://www.harewood.org
The tour guide was a trip - she was really into her tour and told us lots of juicy tidbits about the people who lived in the house that, according to her, she wasn't allowed to tell on a children's tour. There was one Lady who lived in the house, I think it was Lady Worsely, who got herself into a nice scandal because she had loose morals, and even though her husband was fine with it, he decided to divorce her so he would get her money. 35 men testified against her! In the end, it turned out her husband's lawsuit didn't go through because so many people could verify that he had encouraged her to cheat on him and even participated actively in her going behind his back in front of his back, if you know what I mean.
When we arrived, we sort of jumped on the end of a tour group that was about to start walking through the rooms because we'd seen a sign that said "Free Tours" - and the lady who took our tickets motioned to us to follow. Apparently it was a private group, although it was a group of older women who seemed to love us and let us stay on their tour and at the end were really kind to us (even coming to find us to show us the Earl's dachsunds who were out on a walk!) and even waved to us from their tour bus on their way out.
The land the estate was on was just immense, as you can see, and we wandered around different places, including a Used Bookstore, the Bird Gardens, a children's playground, and the renovated Stables which are now a garden shop and vegetable stand (where I bought some local Yorkshire honey!).
For more pictures, you can visit my flickr or facebook. On the bus ride back into town, we saw a nice skyline of Leeds (which is that last photo). The weather was incredible - with a few clouds here and there, but overall just so nice and crisp. The fresh air felt so good!
Yesterday, Katie & Lauren & I went to Harewood House, one of the treasure houses of England - like an old estate house built in the 18th century. It was absolutely beautiful, and even though we weren't allowed to take pictures of the inside of the house, I'm sure you can imagine, by the photos of the outside, how extravagant everything was! If you go to the website, you can see more photos of inside the house and some of the history that we got on the tour. http://www.harewood.org 
The tour guide was a trip - she was really into her tour and told us lots of juicy tidbits about the people who lived in the house that, according to her, she wasn't allowed to tell on a children's tour. There was one Lady who lived in the house, I think it was Lady Worsely, who got herself into a nice scandal because she had loose morals, and even though her husband was fine with it, he decided to divorce her so he would get her money. 35 men testified against her! In the end, it turned out her husband's lawsuit didn't go through because so many people could verify that he had encouraged her to cheat on him and even participated actively in her going behind his back in front of his back, if you know what I mean. 
When we arrived, we sort of jumped on the end of a tour group that was about to start walking through the rooms because we'd seen a sign that said "Free Tours" - and the lady who took our tickets motioned to us to follow. Apparently it was a private group, although it was a group of older women who seemed to love us and let us stay on their tour and at the end were really kind to us (even coming to find us to show us the Earl's dachsunds who were out on a walk!) and even waved to us from their tour bus on their way out. 
The land the estate was on was just immense, as you can see, and we wandered around different places, including a Used Bookstore, the Bird Gardens, a children's playground, and the renovated Stables which are now a garden shop and vegetable stand (where I bought some local Yorkshire honey!). 
For more pictures, you can visit my flickr or facebook. On the bus ride back into town, we saw a nice skyline of Leeds (which is that last photo). The weather was incredible - with a few clouds here and there, but overall just so nice and crisp. The fresh air felt so good! 
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