Medievil Capitalism

We had fun night @ medieval times last night, a good show & good food. Amazed how they managed to serve 1070 people all at once. Ish. The show was great, with skills from the horsemen, and magnificent displays from the horses themselves. What magnificent creatures. I find it intriguing to know what goes through their minds. Do they enjoy it, too? Id love to know more about that. 

The "knights" were good fun, too, hamming up the crowd interaction. "Our" champion happend to be quite dishy, with flowing chestnut locks, and a glint in his eye. The jousting was actually quite authentic, compared to the international jousting competition we saw @ Leeds castle.

On entry, we were told that we had been allocated to one of 6 "houses" - sitting in allocated zones, matching the colour of our cardboard crowns. Black & White, being Santiago de Compostela, iirc. This worked a treat, as all the yanks started chanting & rooting for their teams on the way in to the arena! A clever idea. It gave the competitions an edge, & a sense of ownership for the crowd. 

I left with a slightly bitter taste, though after being ripped off @ the bar. We were asked which size glass we wanted the drinks served in, and pointed at a range. We all chose drinks in various size glasses. The bill for 7 drinks came to $175! Then we were told that included the souvenir glasses! Not sure that we need 7 pint or Litre beer glasses to take home. 

Then, I noticed that we had been corralled into an area surrounded by "souvenir items", all at crazy prices. E.g. $60 for a T shirt. I got mildly excited when I noticed that the customer service desk were doing special occasion options, & thought I might mention that it was Kim & my 25th anniversary. The lady seemed delighted, and then showed me a list of packages ranging from $50 to $200, to help us celebrate. I politely declined. 

Still, Dylan enjoyed it so much, he wants togo again this hol...

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