Medieval Market in Oppenheim
Hi Mommy,
today, Anja and her friends went to another medieval market - this time in Oppenheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The first thing we saw was a booth selling gingerbread! Our little friend Sweetsy was in heaven! And - would you believe it - he ate the whole piece of gingerbread all by himself!!! Look at the smile on his face!
This was a lovely market, and we saw many nice things:
placques made of stone (Anja bought the dragon that is hanging on the wall)
knights the size of us
and many dragons
Would you believe Anja actually fed me to a dragon???? 
But thank goodness the dragon was not hungry! 
So we could go on to enjoy the sights.
Musicians
a medieval tent city where many people actually stayed the weekend
a demonstration of the weapons of the time
a lady playing the harp
a shield with nordic writing
and a suit of chainmail. Would you believe such a suit of chainmail consists of about 36.000 rings??? And it takes one person two weeks to make, if he has lots of practice.
Then we had some nice food. Stuffed pork roast with garlic sauce, a salad and a roll - and a drink called "Radler", which is a mixture of beer and Sprite. Quite tasty!
Later on, it started to rain, so we all had to stay in Anja's rucksack. This was nice and dry, but of course we could not see anything...
What a lovely day!
Hugs
Garry
