On Sunday was a Festival in the ruins of the Abbey of Villers la Ville called "Ombres et lumières du Moyen Age" (shadows and lights of the middle age)

I wanted to take some pictures of the ruins and the medieval village they had built in. It really looked beautiful.

We met a lot of people directly out of the middle age. A bit scary, but we are used to worse !

The girl who walked the geese was really brave, a German shepherd dog helped her.

I had been often in these Abbey, in all seasons, because it is just so beautiful and seems always to be different.

So much life and laughter and fun in these ruins, seemed almost unreal. And all people were in such a good mood,

we were laughing and joking together, although we had never seen each other. There was this skinny metal horse and the lady who ate a deliciously smelling onion soup !

This man showed me proudly his helmets, a little boy tried one on and had difficulties to take it off !

some places remained untouched, like here the garden with different herbs and wild flowers, good for the bees.
After two hours of walking around, we left and had a drink in the opposite located Brasserie. The sun was shining and it was warm, what a beautiful day !
I wondered in England about how safe such ruins are to near to or underneath. Clearly some parts have fallen down at some point. Sounds like you had a good day. I like onion soup.
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Oh, what fun! A Midevil Fail amongst the Ruins! It looks to be a beautiful day too!
ReplyDeleteI love onion soup as well, but French Onion Soup, baked with Gruyere Cheese is my favorite!
The old abbey is a marvelous setting for that!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful day out, looks like great fun.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful abbey. I love to take photos of old, ruined abbeys. There are plenty of them in England.
ReplyDeleteLooks like such a fun festival. The abbey is so beautiful!
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