Went to the swiss equivalent of a stately home today on the banks of the Thunersee - Schloss Hunegg - and it really made you think about the Sherlock Holmes period. Set over three floors you realise that it would be very easy to commit a murder in the cellar or the billiards room without many people hearing you if it had been the servants night off. A great house with loads of art nouveau, which is my wife's favourite artistic style.
Possible more holiday ramblings later on but hopefully the weather will improve and I can get out from behind the laptop...