This past Sunday, DIS sponsored a trip entitled “Spears, Abbey, and Ale” to Esrum Abbey, a deserted monastery for an afternoon of history and medieval fighting. The monastery was deserted after the reformation, when the country became predominantly Lutheran in the 16th century. The king made it into a hunting lodge, but found it much too large. So, the majority of the abbey was torn down to reuse the walls for buildings in Copenhagen (as monks make the best bricks). This is the only structure remaining:
Nowadays, it is a restaurant and site of medieval fighting reenactments. So we divided into teams to see which warriors were the fiercest and would aid the king on his quest (or so the story goes). Team Rowdy Rooster (and our time traveling friends):
After jousting, stick fighting, ladder climbing, rock lifting, catapulting cabbage, and lots of war cries (Cock-a-doodle-doo!), we were exhausted and ready for refreshment. The points were tallied and the winner announced. First place…. The Rowdy Roosters (but I know you all expected that knowing the ferocity of the team captain)!
Where did that fur collar come from... that doesn't look like your NF?? CUTE! did you waterproof your boots?
ReplyDeleteI giggled so much. This is a great post.
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