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Stop, reflect, and enjoy the countryside
mapakettle Says: My favourite past time in Italy is to stop, gaze about, and enjoy the countryside. Italy has a way of encouraging a person to slow down and enjoy the natural beauty.
mapakettle Says: The twin towers (my description), or the castles of Romeo and Juliette are separated by a few hundred meters, on opposing hill tops. Neither tower was used for much other than fortification in case of immediate danger. There was no permanant accomodation as such within the...
This battle was particularly dangerous...
mapakettle Says: The opponents are using hatchets to strike, and shields to deflect and block. The strikes are hard, very quick, and could do serious damage if not properly controlled. During this battle, one shield was split diagonally by a strike...not intended as part of the show.From...
mapakettle Says: Choreographed? Yes. Dangerous? Yes, indeed !We watched the fellow in red fight earlier, and his opponent popped his knee during the battle. We do not know how serious the injury was.The swords have dulled blades so an issue of cutting the opponent shouldn't occur, however...
mapakettle Says: This friar was constantly wandering the campsite looking for a meal. It was the funniest thing, but everytime Lorenzo brought something out to slice, this gent appeared.Kidding aside, he made a perfect man of the clergy. His expression never changed, and he walked hands...
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Lorenzo's Medieval Cafe': Gotta know the proprietor to get service
mapakettle Says: As mentioned in the opening page on Montecchio Maggiore, Lorenzo provides all the food for the troupe, and does it happily. I'd say that the food bill for this one day exceeded 200 euro. He had one complete cheese wheel, numerous pieces of 'fresh' salami brought down...
Beer tent: Food and drink on the fly
mapakettle Says: After a long day in the sun, finding a cold beer was heaven, however having a cluster of port-a-potties upwind a short distance away ensured we drank quickly and left.Located immediately beside the beer tent, a fast food outlet was set up, serving fries among other things. I...
Degage Ristorante Pizzeria: Reasonable all way round...
mapakettle Says: This was the brightest lit restaurant we have seen during our romp about Italy. It appears to be newly constructed within the past century or so, with modern bathrooms, flip up seats, hot water and paper.Everything is bright and clean, great service, happy patrons, with a...
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Parking we found out is prohibited at Casello Montecchio, at least on May 1 during the medieval Romeo and Juliette festival.
You must ask for directions to the hospital, and use their free parking facilities. Immediately outside the hospital parking lot, look for the bus stop (beside the monument shown in the photo) and wait for the blue bus which collects visitors and delivers them up the hill. The fare is one euro per person, reasonable, especially when you see the climb ahead.
People do walk the hill,in fact we saw many hot, sweaty cranky people who made the trek, but why bother?
Written May 2, 2006
Hand fashioned nails...: Building a house, need nails??
mapakettle Says: This man makes nails. One by one, the old fashioned way. The end product is as shown in the last photo, with a curved shaft, intentionally fashioned that way to prevent easy removal by thieves.The metal is heated in his forge to a cherry red colour, hammered into a taper,...
Sebastiano Tome': Hand made chairs
mapakettle Says: This man makes chairs the old fashioned way, by hand. Every piece of wood is hand split, then attached to a type of form which holds the length of wood in place by friction. The craftsman then draws his plane carefully towards his body, taking care to ensure he continues to...
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Thank goodness I'm male. Late afternoon, and they were already full, with hours still left before the festival ended.
From my count, I saw only three clusters of these stinking things (six per cluster), one particularly ripe grouping placed next to the beer tent, guaranteed to get the loiterer moving each time the wind changed direction. There should have been far more toilets, routinely maintained, with paper added as required.
I suggest you refrain from eating and drinking during your visit.
Updated May 4, 2006
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Once again, Ma Kettle and I were off to soak in the atmosphere of yesteryear, in particular, to visit the site of the annual 'Nel Medioevo con Giulietta e Romeo', held on May 1st each year. This is a...
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