The story of Joan is so sad but this does look like a fantastic day. Poor greyhound, though they do have that hard done by look even when they're well looked after. Leave a message - please share your ideas! This scene looks like something from a Brueghel painting Place Royale - Reims with a magpie! For the space of a weekend, Reims, the bourgeois heart of the Champagne-producing region is taken over by a Medieval encampment.
A bawdy Middle-Age crowd invades the streets with their animations, stands and shows. A spice girl This is traditionally followed by an incredible motley crew of royalty, ruffians, beasts and beggars, exotic animals and animation of all kinds. A hearty welcome from a Knight Templar A noble camel The city centre is freed of modern traffic, but the pavements and streets are suddenly occupied by stranger forms of transport and pedestrians A gaggle of geese and a troup of tourists behind Place Royale No Morris Dancers, but there was a Maypole that seemed to leave the younger dancers baffled!
Or be overtaken by a procession of camels and yaks on your way home after a busy day of festivities! The yaks lead the way home And no one could possibly forget the haughty expression of those camels! Labels: Reims Heritage. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom.
No Morris Dancers, but there was a Maypole that seemed to leave the younger dancers baffled! Some of the many street musicians One of the poor greygrounds there to show how their treatment probably still hasn't improved since the Middle Ages..
View of the cathedral from the Palais du Tau - Reims. Probably not much chance of the blacksmith getting into that coat of armour Herding up the straying locals.. Display of hunting birds - Place du Forum - Reims. A snooty beast 'parked' behind the cathedral - I just love that regal sneer!
