The trip allowed Hermione a better look at her surroundings. The house was expensively decorated, but tastefully so. There was nothing opulent or gaudy about any of the furniture or decorations, but the wealth of its owner was obvious in every piece Hermione saw. Whoever was Mistress of this place must be one lucky witch, she thought to herself. It was like being in an alternate universe, one outside of the dark country now ruled over by Lord Voldemort. Hermione marvelled that such a place could even exist in her modern idea of the world.