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Thursday, December 8, 2011

A Storm of Swords in Vic

Spaniards love festivals and the Mercat Medieval (Medieval market) we visited this week in the Catalunyan city of Vic (pronounced Bic) was well worth the train trip.



The city of Vic is very beautiful  and there were hundreds of stalls set up for the festival. Everyone was dressed in medieval costume and selling local produce.




These young maidens had photos taken with these knights,


which caused a fight.


This man showed us archery.

He hit the target!


We saw some falconry. 


Hawks, kestrels, falcons, an eagle and many owls were sitting on their perches waiting for their turn to fly. 

While they waited they wore their special leather hoods which kept these birds of prey quiet.



There was so much to eat. We liked the look of this.

 
So we ate it.



There was lots to drink as well. My dad drank a horn full of mulled wine. And then another one.


It was VERY cold.

There were smiling logs everywhere but we're not sure why. I think it's for Christmas.


with likes,
Phoebe