Dec 31
Jen, Don and Luca are gone…..sniff, sniff….and it rained all day. I lay in bed a read the book she left me to distract me from my sadness. At 11:30 we ventured outside to find the fireworks. It was a bit of a walk which was fine but there were a lot of drunks on the road walking with us, a little unnerving. The fireworks were super and lasted a long time. Happy New Year! A new year and the adventure continues. We are now a little wiser regarding traveling, we have learned some new words and we can pack up very quickly. We still have a lot of things to look forward to but I have to say that I am at least a little homesick. But Morocco is coming, and I’m really looking forward to our camel ride out to the desert.
January 1
Today was sunny, bright and warm! We made our way to Paderna to the Medieval festival. Wow! With in a few minuets we were all caught up in the excitement. There were donkeys
, horses, knights, falcons, pigs on a spits, soup out of ceramic bowls, fresh bread being baked over coals and tents with people in costume selling their wears. After an hour of wandering around and EATING, the performance started. We couldn’t understand what they were saying but we figured it out by the expressions. The show started with the 4 knights being introduced. Of course there was a good guy (he looked and acted just like Johnny!) and a bad guy from Granada. While the knights were getting their horses ready we were entertained with sword fights, belly dancing, snake dancers, a whirling dervish and some falconry. At one point the falconer asked for two volunteers and no one 
did so Mike and I did. We had to stand really close together facing each other and the falcon flew right in between us! Then he got Mike to stand with his legs spread and he told him to protect what he thought was most valuable….and the bird flew between his legs. It was all very funny. The knights finally started their contests. First they had to hit a shield on a spinning pole, get a ring with their lance, chop a cabbage off a post and finally hit a propped up board with a spear – all of this on a galloping horse. The good guy and the bad guy then jousted …. The good guy fell off his horse but rallied in the end to win. We were thoroughly entertained by it all. After a few jewelry purchases we were on our way, but to the 21st century. Back at our apartment we watched the latest episode of Merlin…we are in love with the medieval world.
Jen, Don and Luca are gone…..sniff, sniff….and it rained all day. I lay in bed a read the book she left me to distract me from my sadness. At 11:30 we ventured outside to find the fireworks. It was a bit of a walk which was fine but there were a lot of drunks on the road walking with us, a little unnerving. The fireworks were super and lasted a long time. Happy New Year! A new year and the adventure continues. We are now a little wiser regarding traveling, we have learned some new words and we can pack up very quickly. We still have a lot of things to look forward to but I have to say that I am at least a little homesick. But Morocco is coming, and I’m really looking forward to our camel ride out to the desert.
January 1
Today was sunny, bright and warm! We made our way to Paderna to the Medieval festival. Wow! With in a few minuets we were all caught up in the excitement. There were donkeys
, horses, knights, falcons, pigs on a spits, soup out of ceramic bowls, fresh bread being baked over coals and tents with people in costume selling their wears. After an hour of wandering around and EATING, the performance started. We couldn’t understand what they were saying but we figured it out by the expressions. The show started with the 4 knights being introduced. Of course there was a good guy (he looked and acted just like Johnny!) and a bad guy from Granada. While the knights were getting their horses ready we were entertained with sword fights, belly dancing, snake dancers, a whirling dervish and some falconry. At one point the falconer asked for two volunteers and no one 
did so Mike and I did. We had to stand really close together facing each other and the falcon flew right in between us! Then he got Mike to stand with his legs spread and he told him to protect what he thought was most valuable….and the bird flew between his legs. It was all very funny. The knights finally started their contests. First they had to hit a shield on a spinning pole, get a ring with their lance, chop a cabbage off a post and finally hit a propped up board with a spear – all of this on a galloping horse. The good guy and the bad guy then jousted …. The good guy fell off his horse but rallied in the end to win. We were thoroughly entertained by it all. After a few jewelry purchases we were on our way, but to the 21st century. Back at our apartment we watched the latest episode of Merlin…we are in love with the medieval world.Jane
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