Mid winter fair

Yesterday was the midwinter fair at the archeon. These festivals are getting realy popular in the Netherlands. It surprises me a great deal. From young to old a lot of folk will come dressed up. Now I like doing that in the summer, but it was pretty darn cold yesterday and especially on saturday when I had to go to school. I love looking around and seeing all the people in their wonderfull creations. As I was not 100% well yet yesterday I had not brought my good camera and hardly took any pics. Normally there will be at least 100 pics on my camera at the end of the day, maybe more.

The highlight here is as always professor doctor Roland Rotherham. If you ever have the chance to hear him lecture, go! He knows a great deal about medieval and older british history and he can talk about it for hours. But the special thing about him is that he is like the bards of old, he does so in a beautifull speaking voice, using facial expressions and wide gestures. And he does so with a huge dose of humor. He will have us in stitches every time he tells a story. I have been going to his lectures since the first time he cam to the elf fantasy fair in 2000 and became a fan from that first moment on. He always makes time for his Dutch fan. Yesterday we had tea with him before the lecture. And afterwards he signed the DVD my friend Marjon bought. Next year he will be in the Netherlands even more as there will be two elf fairs, the usual one in April at De Haar and a new one in Arcen close to the German border in september. Yum!

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