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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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The house's purpose is to serve as a Nordic cultural centre and link between Iceland and the other Nordic countries.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Stately country houses, luxurious castles, intimate old-world inns and modern premises are all included in this category.
The country houses are steeped in atmosphere, their splendid locations overlooking Windermere and superb gardens provide a perfect backdrop.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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There were farm houses nestled at the bottom of valleys, country roads meandering in and out of valleys, fields of long grass, fields with grazing cattle and the whole scene framed with high forest covered mountains.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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This is the 50th revue of great hotels and country houses in Scotland to be added to this section of Rampant Scotland which is written largely by travel writer Vivien Devlin.
Country house hotel with touring guides to Perthshire and the Scottish Highlands.
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Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
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I was alone in the car and was driving down a stretch of isolated country road where there were no houses or buildings within at least a one mile radius.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Most houses have drinking water but we always recommend visitors to a foreign country to drink bottled water.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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These countries have histories of hundreds of years fighting against the English on the island’s battlefields and have more recently continued the fight in the courts and Houses of Parliament.
Block houses were built at strategic points for settler defences since from time to time there were scares of Maori raids from the "King Country" a few miles south.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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There are more country estates and houses to visit in the surrounding countryside, as well as the famous Bluebell Railway at Sheffield Park, one of the finest steam engine centres in the country offering train rides and Bluebell specials such as candlelit dinners and Christmas trips.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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If for example a country has two houses of parliament it can use one electoral system to elect members to the lower house and another electoral system to elect members to the upper house.
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