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Each year in June Waterloo organizes the reconstitution of the battle of Waterloo, which took place on the 18th of June 1815. It always is a big event and tourists from all over the world are coming to watch the battle. The soldiers in their costumes from 1815 perform the battle as truely as possible. They are coming from the England, Scotland, Holland, Germany and France.





I went there yesterday. Please continue here

13 comments:

  1. we love a man in uniform... even an old one ha ha ha

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  2. Nice shots, and it does look like fun!

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  3. Its always fascinating to hear you telling about this yearly event also as it is an important part of the European history.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Cool pics! What an interesting event.

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  5. Wow Gattina....dear man of mine is just green with envy here. He loved the slide show. Actually the whole lot of pictures you posted/shared. Just wow, double wow.

    I love the captions you shared too, the soldiers bring their doctor along...the older couple just standing at the step, all for the tourists...it's amazing.

    I [and Bud] truly enjoyed this immensely!!! You did good.

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  6. Oooo.... I love men in uniform. :P

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  7. It must have been so exciting to watch the re-enactment. Thanks for sharing photos of the event!

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  8. I love the shot of the re-enactment! I had a shot of Revolutionary toy soldiers a couple weeks back. Very cool to see real men in uniform!
    Have a great week, Gattina!

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  9. My husband would enjoy such a wonderful historic event! Thanks so much for coming to visit my trip down memory lane, and the update on the twins.
    Have a wonderful week!

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  10. Nice shots~you captured them very well! My husband has an uncle & he & his wife love attending re-eneactments.

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  11. That's a pretty amazing spectacle to put on every year. I'll have to put that on my list of must see when I travel in your area. I'll just have to make sure I'm there on the right date.

    Have a good week.

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  12. I love watching reenactments...

    they reenact part of the revolutionary war 10 minutes from our house every March...it is fun to watch.

    BTW...my dad is Italian..his parents came over from Torin back in the early 1900's.

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