Les Baux de Provence

Hey everyone,

Saturday was one of the best days I've had out in France so I am very excited to tell you about it. We went to Les Baux de Provence on Saturday which is a village about an hour and a half away from home in Mormoiron. We were going there because there was a medieval battle on in which two sides fought a mock battle on the ruins of an old chateau called Chateau les Baux.

We arrived and parked at the bottom of the hill. There were so many cars! Luckily there were buses running up and down the hill otherwise it would have taken us ages to walk up! When we arrived at the top we stepped off the bus and were greeted by the sound of swords clashing, swords being taken in and out of their sheaths and people laughing.

We walked around and looked at the numerous swords, axes, maces, and mauls all shining brightly in the stalls. We also saw helms, body plates, gauntlets and chain mail that almost dropped me flat on the ground from the weight of it!

We walked up to the stands and sat down. The stand overlooked the castle and it was magnificent. There was still a watchtower where archers could fire their bows and arrows from and from were they could pour boiling oil or water on the attackers.

We watched a bird-of-prey show before the main battle, which was fantastic. There were various owls and also eagles which flew around. The men picked up a piece of meat connected to a rope and swung it around. The hawk then flew in and stole the meat. They said that it can go a maximum speed of 250 kilometres per hour!

After that we got to watch the battle! This creepy music started playing and cloaked people walked up to a guarded castle. They then dropped their cloaks and started attacking! More people then came in and together they stormed the castle and won it. The king of the people who stormed the castle then came and demanded to have it back but they said 'no'. The people who lost the castle then came back with reinforcements and stormed it also. The king of the people who lost the castle demanded for a fight, one on one. The good king won the dual and sent the opposing king to jail.

We strolled home to the bus and drove home. We were so exhausted that night that we didn't change out of our pyjamas the next morning.

I'll talk to you next week

Bye!