Today, 16-April, the three of us joined the 300,000 or so who visit Waddesdon Manor on an annual basis. Waddesdon Manor is U.K.'s Palais de Versaille, and is just an hour and half away from London. Waddesdon Manor was built (1874-1889) by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his outstanding collection of art treasures and to entertain the fashionable world. Fascinated by the history and culture of France, he commissioned a French architect, Gabriel Hippolyte Destailleur, to build him a Renaissance-style chateau, based on those in the Loire Valley, and employed a French garden designer, Elie Lainé to lay out the grounds. The place is definitely worth a visit and its Aviary is truly amazing!
