Gilbert: A Day in the Country - part 2

The orchard at the Menkemaborg had lots of different apple trees. This one was so old it had holes all the way through.


There were lots of apples on the trees and below them as well.


A view on the Menkemaborg from the orchard.


Dark skies...
Maybe it was time to get inside for a while.


In the former coach house of the borg they have a restaurant, so we had lunch there. Mustard soup made with mustard made in Groningen! Yum!


After lunch we decided to take a look inside the Menkemaborg.
This lion stood guard at the bridge.


They staged the rooms like how they might have looked in the past.
This was the leisure room where you could play games.


In this room kids could play while their parents tried to study. That doesn't seem very practical to me, I must say.


A bedroom.


There were lots of paintings on display as well.
This might have been a lady who once lived in this Estate house.


It must have been nice to have such a beautiful view.


The kitchen or a piggy torture chamber?
I did not like seeing the head of a distant relative on that far table.


Pumpkin soup is much nicer and yummier to eat, in my opinion.


I wonder what they used the cinnamon for.


Even in the kitchen, which was below the ground floor, you had a nice view.


I played around a bit on this faucet.


I'm not sure what this room was used for.


It did have a really cool wooden bug that you could use to get your boots off though.


The hallway.


And here I am outside with a view on the coach house.
That pillow may look nice, but it was stone, so not the softest place to sit.

Coming next: distant (or not so distant) shores.