2011-08-14 - Aggtelek Caves Trip


- A holiday to see a massive system of caves running between Slovakia and Hungary
- Medieval day at a castle on the way back


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Medieval Day - 0
 
We discovered a rather amazing medieval day at a castle, quite by accident when driving back from our holiday to the Aggtelek Caves - we were just looking for somewhere to break up our journey.
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Royalty looking down on the performances below
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An arena, where archery and horse demonstrations were held. The king even came down for a sword dual. (It was staged!! The fat king could barely lift the thing but still won.)
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Some of the markets were behind this cottage, we didn't really get a photo of them. A shame.
Musician in front. (Spot the bells on his shoes.)
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Activity area - some great ideas for kids, just a simple "crack your own walnuts" was great fun for Sophie.
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Pony ride
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Barrel making!
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Circle dance video
 
Medieval musicians leading a dance. They were a Csech group.

I was very impressed at the set they played later when we sat down for lunch. (I could have sworn one of them was "little cook" from Cbeebies)
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Entertainers on stilts
 
Some crazy guys on stilts show up out of nowhere, sparking an informal procession