While Issigeac's Medieval Day was lots of fun and right on our doorstep, I can now say that I am a huge fan of Cadouin's efforts. Cadouin is a tiny village about 25 minutes away (see earlier pics of Eardleys buying cheese at its market); it has a large abbey that is/was a stop on the Campostello "highway" as it claimed to have the turban of Christ (which turned out to be 12 century linen with an Arabic inscription...).
Anyway, we were motoring by with our Turino-based friends when we realised why the road was diverted. I wanted to go in to buy a costume for Seb (see knight-in-training post below). We ended up spending the afternoon and evening there; it was magical and fun for everyone. The strange and slightly sinister characters and acting were fantastic; again not a damsel in distress/Disney princess in sight. The village had organised a loan of costumes to locals so the crowd was well-dressed and motivated. The food was good and instead of a banquet, there were individual portions that you could buy, which suited us better (see Mike with his HUGE piece of ham). There also were many very high-level workshops which looked interesting - calligraphy, fresco painting, felt and paper-making, etc. Plus, there was some beautifully painted faces sprinkled around the crowd.
The best quote of the day of course came from Seb - after being mezmorised by the fire dancers he declared " When I am grown-up, I am going to swing fire", and I bet he will.
Today's news - besides Italian guests leaving and Crawleys arriving and rain forcasted for days...- is that it looks like Sophie is getting herself up into a sitting position. It's all systems go with mobile Sophie.
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