Enjoy a glass of claret poured by waiters from crystal decanters, and ask for the Castle of Mey roast beef, carved and served from a silver cart at your table.

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After the lecture, we meandered over to the Main House, built in 1815, where one can well imagine Cole and Church, mentor and student, admiring the view of their beloved mountain range from the porch over a glass of claret procured with Church's apprentice fees.

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