Day 8: Guedelon

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Last year, my brother Matt told us about this castle that was being built using entire 13th century methods and tools. Pat was fascinated. That may have been a big part of why he suggested that we go to France on this vacation… So naturally we had to plan this stop into our trip.

We started the morning with our breakfast basket and hammock time.

 


The we headed to Guedelon. Every single thing that is done to build this castle is done like they did in the Middle Ages. They used plants to make paints for the paintings, they used an ax to build the beams for the doors, they pulled the stones out of the quarry, they made nails at the blacksmith. Everything. It was fascinating! And they let you wander around while they were working, so we got to others the whole thing.









I signed us up for a stone carving demonstration.














The whole thing was amazing.

Then in the way back to the gypsy wagon, we hit a deer on the road and that definitely put a damper on things… But for dinner, we had personalized pizzas and chocolate mousse, so that helped.




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