This afternoon, Before the rain started we went down to see the action, paid our five-euro tickets and joined in the fun.
Here are a few photos; I took- you can find much better ones by following the link at the bottom of this entry.
Drawing a child's tooth, with authentic screams!
Encampment on the battlements
The costumes really are splendid
This man explained in gory detail what parts of the body were the best to stab to disable your enemy.
The ladies of the court out walking
These were from Laredo in Cantabria; really strange headgear!
Men with muskets. They were lighting wicks-I believe they were called slow matches. What a smell of burning!
The men were paired up to light their slowmatches; they only look as if they are kissing!
Out into the central area to fire.
Then the Inquisition arrived-well, that's what we thought it was, but the Court came too-Phillip II and some ladies. He wasn't a popular king in Aragon. The only statue of him in the Autonomous region is a fairly modern one, here in the castle.
Every recreation we see has a Friar Tuck!
The court went to mass in the chapel
A solitary pikeman
one very loud cannon
Phillip II and his queen
One of the splendid guards at the exit.
It's mid-May, but by 7.30 we were freezing! I wouldn't be surprised if there were more snow on the mountains by tomorrow. The temperature is set to go down again.
Wow! wonderful event!
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