We got to visit the glorious old Swedish manor turned hotel called Baldersnäs Herrgård this week. One of my favorite stops on this tour!

Not sure if it was the fact that the grounds reminded me of Lara Croft’s Tomb Raider house from when I played the game briefly in 1998 (before I decided I was terrible at it):

…or that it reminded me of Taylor Swift’s Blank Space video set:

Kind of not really.

…OR that it was a quintessential piece of old school aristocracy and I could stand on the steps and survey the land and pretend I had to go watch someone tend to my horses.

Down to the garden.

The grounds also lead to an incredible tree preserve and a (surprise!) lake.

Fetch me my gloves, I think I shall wander the garden for a spell.