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There weren't that many new things this year in Kaltenberg, so this post gets a bit eclectic. For more general pictorial explanations, refer to the post from former years, found through the 'Kaltenberg' tag on my journal.

We went on a Sunday, which meant it was full of kids. That wasn't as bad, actually, as we'd thought. What was bad was that there were hardly any visitors in costume, and nobody cheered for the Black Knight, except us, more or less. We decided not to go on a Sunday again. If we get trouble with rain again, we'll just not go.

But ( on to the pictures! )

Jousting as a serious competition -- thanks to

carolinw for the link!

Kaltenberg, I must admit, is all show. We nevertheless plan to go again, on July 24th.

It is still pissing down hard, and I am so pissed off by not being able to go to Kaltenberg, I even use rude vocabulary and don't thread because my charries would get mun bleed.

One single good thing today: new phone. Having it on hand means I get to take spontaneous pictures of the cats being cute.

Here is Mephi, for example, sitting on the TV and worshipping UFOs.

My kitties, canoodling.-

( Cut for feline TMI, and human lamentation )

Dear World,

you have about five hours to be stopping this deluge already. Or I shall be infinitely pissed off.

Please??

- Maru

ETA: It's still raining now in the afternoon, and icy cold. We're not going. I'm REALLY pissed off!

Alice, my DSL carrier has some serious problems for some of her nodes in Munich. It's a known problem, so very known that the hotline turns me away saying internet problems for some customers in my area code are known and being worked on. Her friendly recorded voice says something about 'one or two hours', but I fear the dear lady is lying through her teeth. The problem started at one AM last night on the dot; so I suspect some scheduled maintenance of whatever gone horribly wrong -- as that is the traditional time for admins to schedule automatic maintenance.

So, I am at the Metropolitans' -- Alice is giving them no probs, as apparently they are not just 'some customers' -- catching up on stuff and writing an article until about six today (Friday), then I'll do stuff in RL and be about, and unless Alice has whipped her nodes into shape until then, I'll be offline tonight, watching crime series and/or reading 'The Harlequin'*.

( Now you see me, now you don't )

( Pictures from the forge )

Wheeeee 'Prince Caspian' in Kaltenberg was about the coolest thing ever! Only half the market was open, and what there was was rather emptier than usual, due to the fact that only two thirds of the arena was in use, the rest having been sacrificed to the hugest screen ever.

( And now -- spoiler!! )

For the way back, we got lucky. We refrained from leaving before the film was over to catch the regular bus and last train, and instead were allowed on one of the VIP buses without any fuss or questions. That went from Kaltenberg directly to Munich central station -- so convenient! And totally free. The Nazgul and I sat with a group of rather stoned VIP wannabes that giggled their heads off and knew all the silly songs the abysmal radio station running in that bus were playing. Also, two started rather rough horseplay, but after I announced loudly that we'd throw the corpse off the bus once the first gets killed and we'd all have more room, they stopped.-

Picture post, hopefully, tomorrow. For the moment, I am having my knee nibbled by Mephi; and then I will go to bed.

For reference -- the pictures from 2006 and 2007. The pictures have been taken by both the Nazgul and me; I mixed them randomly. One of the pictures is Not Safe For Work!!

( 1 -- Our costumes, and the market )

( 2 -- The parade )

( 3 -- The rainstorm, and the show )

( 4 -- The forge )

( 5 -- Random things from the other days the ladies were here )

As we said last year, the Nazgul and I went back to the middle ages this year, attired as nuns, as to be part of the games and not marked as a mere punter. About 1/3 of the audience comes in medieval or general fantasy/undead costume anyway that they wouldn't wear in mundane life.

( See and hear of the adventures of Sister Nazgul and Sister Maru at the great tournament at Kaltenberg Anno Domini 2007! )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Corvus Corax, Inter Deum Et Diabolum Semper Musica Est

nazgulwears and I went to see knights jousting yesterday. There was lots of medieval action around it. Here, you get a detailed account with pictures and links and everything - one of the pictures is not work-safe! It contains woodcarvings.

We were greeted by some noble family on horseback, with their own nursemaid and herald

( More from Kaltenberg Medieval Market And Joust - 20 pictures all in all! )

We decided to come back next year, and in costume! We are going to be medieval nuns, and are already researching how the robes and veils and wimples work, what colour they should be. Nazgul found a rather nice picture on this site from Herefordshire; we are still discussing details, though.

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Entries tagged with kaltenberg

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Hey! Look! Parts from last year's show in Kaltenberg!

Kaltenberg again -- mostly forge pictures

Obligatory 'Prince Caspian' spoiler post

The promised picture post -- Kaltenberg 2008

Pictures of Kaltenberg Tournament 2007

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