St Suzanne - Fete Medievale

Today was so much fun! We headed to St Suzanne for their Medieval Festival. We have been to St Suzanne twice before with different guests, but this time was completely different. We arrived promptly at 9:00 am and as we got out of the car we were greeted by 2 large pigs on a rotisserie, head and all! I must have said something out loud because all day London kept asking where the 'gross pigs' were. I'm sure the meat was AMAZING, but something about having to see the head and feet is just disturbing.

Anyway, we made our way up St Suzanne and they were getting set up. Everyone was in medieval attire, except us. There were horses, donkeys, musicians walking around and every kind of vendor (medieval vendor) you could imagine. We stopped and had a cafe/tea and then began our walk around. The girls of course went straight for the amazing homemade soap shop for some shopping. Then we headed toward the castle of St Suzanne. They had jousting areas set up, every type of medieval weapon you would imagine and a guy explaining each weapon to a crowd. We went through the museum at the chateau and then found the food vendors for a little pre-lunch appetizer - beer and crepe-wrapped sausage - does it get any better???

We continued our adventure shopping and amusing ourselves with all the street dancers. Oh and of course, London found a 'princess dress' which she just HAD to have. I tried to convince Maddux to sport one of the very trendy medieval hats for the day, but he just wasn't too interested. Although he had so much fun trying them all on! He did want to attempt the ax throwing competition, but unfortunately it was for adults only. Where's the fun in that???

We ended the day with the Medieval lunch at the local cafe. Chicken and lentils.....quite yummy!! It was a very unique and fun day especially since none of us had ever been to a medieval festival.