Nijmegen (NL), August 23-24 2008

[Peroni]

Duncan wrote...

Nice place, Adrian! (I guess I can't be a serious Romanist when I notice the house before noticing the replica Roman tools! Sign of a middle-aged mortgage-slave?)

Oh! That's the East wing!! :lol:

[Praefectusclassis]

Day 3 was already up and so is day 4.

[Peroni]

It's good to see you doing some hard grafting Jasper - away from your computer!

[Marcus Mummius]

Day 3 was already up and so is day 4.

Great stuff! I wish I could be there but I have unpleasant things to do that take precedence (burial of my grandmother). I'll ask the people of my group who are coming (thanks to the good people of Gemina) to take a lot of pictures.

@Jurjen and Jasper: how many blisters do you have already?

[Jona Lendering]

Day 3 was already up and so is day 4.

Ah, are those the "authentic tools"?

[Gaius Longius]

Fantastic work Guys.

You ROCK. D D D D

Gary.

[Jona Lendering]

Here is a (Dutch) article with some nice photos, and here is a little movie. Marco and I where there this afternoon, and found it very nice; a relaxed atmosphere, and the possibility to meet people and talk a bit. Big success!

[Jona Lendering]

Two more items: one on my blog, and an article on the website of a Dutch newspaper.

[Marcus Mummius]

Looks nice. Good to see that all the soldiers are marching together as one group!

[jvrjenivs]

Yes, it was a fine weekend. Good shows, indeed all soldiers marching together during the shows. Good gladiator combats and also a lot of civil activities. We had 2 living rooms, a Latrine (made by Paul Karremans), taberna, etc. Hopefully the next edition (probably in 2010) will be even better!

As soon as photographs are uploaded I'll post them here.

[jpvdgiessen]

And here some pictures of the Syrian Archer, with a not related article in Dutch
I'm looking forward for the next event in 2010

[jpvdgiessen]

I've uploaded several pictures of the festival on my Dutch site. See:
Centurion, [url:33nybewo]http://83.247.49.84/cgi-bin/jpg/bn.pl?m=Bsubj&action=1824[/url]
Syrian Archer [url:33nybewo]http://83.247.49.84/cgi-bin/jpg/bn.pl?m=Bsubj&action=2098[/url]
Roman Army [url:33nybewo]http://83.247.49.84/cgi-bin/jpg/bn.pl?m=Bsubj&action=2092[/url]
Roman Soldier [url:33nybewo]http://83.247.49.84/cgi-bin/jpg/bn.pl?m=Bsubj&action=2099[/url]
Millstone [url:33nybewo]http://83.247.49.84/cgi-bin/jpg/bn.pl?m=Bsubj&action=2100[/url]

[Praefectusclassis]

Yup, it was good. I'll add more impressions of the build and the weekend on my blog.

And no, Jona, the tools we used during the week were not authentic, as I explained on day 1 or 2 (I think).

[MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS]

Very curious about the photos it was a great weekend!!

Thanx Jasper and Jurjen and the rest of the team for the great care and the absolute FUN it was!!

M.VIB.M.

[Jona Lendering]

And no, Jona, the tools we used during the week were not authentic

I was ironic, actually, after seeing that machine... :wink: