tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498165930046276501.post1172254472389510350..comments2023-12-18T17:03:44.585-08:00Comments on Notes That Touch The Heart...: Hearst Castle - Tour 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10319550320161506323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498165930046276501.post-26872934271718615032006-12-04T22:43:00.000-08:002006-12-04T22:43:00.000-08:00Yes Jan, We felt that ambience too! My guys espec...Yes Jan, We felt that ambience too! My guys especially liked the library and the ranch with something like 20,000 acres!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319550320161506323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498165930046276501.post-89466156481240435212006-12-04T09:02:00.000-08:002006-12-04T09:02:00.000-08:00Hearst Castle. Before we went there I had heard th...Hearst Castle. Before we went there I had heard that it was gaudy and tasteless from some of my so-called sophisticated friends. I was not prepared for what I found there.<br /><br />It has everything I love, the ocean, mountains, animals, antiques, elaborate and sometimes quirky architecture, and a most informal, comfortable atmosphere. I felt so at home. I wanted to live there. I didn’t want to leave. <br /><br />Julia Morgan was a most remarkable woman to have degrees in engineering and architecture during that time, She managed to bring together an unplanned hodgepodge of lovely antiques and make it all work together so well. But mostly for me it was that she was able to make it feel so comfortable, a place where I wanted to curl up someplace with an apple and read a book before I walked around the grounds again.<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me of the days I spent there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com