Kaltenberg 2010 -- picture post

[yakalskovich]

There weren't that many new things this year in Kaltenberg, so this post gets a bit eclectic. For more general pictorial explanations, refer to the post from former years, found through the 'Kaltenberg' tag on my journal

Comments

[tekalynn]

Oh, I'd love to go someday! You guys look GREAT.

[yakalskovich]

Thank you! We do take visitors with us if any come here, as we did in 2008.

[essayel]

Great fun. And I love the dirt on the armoured guy's face. They always leave how dirty wearing armour makes you out of historical novels.

[yakalskovich]

Oh yes, he was oily and rusty at that same time, and that seems to make for some very insidious grime. It rubbed off on my shoulder, even, where I bumped against him; you can see the little black smears on that picture of me zoning out over the blackcurrant wine in the end, if you know it's there.

He smelled of oil and rust, too. And looked a bit hot. He'd run around in the arena being part of the bad guy's followers, and had had no chance to clean himself up yet, of course.

[i_open_doors]

I love seeing your little picture journals! It looks like you guys had a good time. When we were kids, my family used to do historical-geared vacations rather than the big touristy vacations, and I always liked doing stuff like that.

Thought about you today when we saw a special about the Romantische Strasse and the yearly reenactment of the surrender of Dinkelsbuhl. It made me want to visit so badly, especially the segments on Rothenburg and Wurzburg, since those were two places we'd visited when I was 18! (sorry, I can't remember my codes for special characters!!!)

[yakalskovich]

I can't put up your entire family in my little flat, but I'd totally love to see you all if you do make it over here somewhere.

And yes, Würzburg is a very impressive baroque place. I've been there once with a school trip.-