As we were beginning our leisurely exploration of Chester, we came upon a group of school children learning to be "Roman soldiers" in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater outside the city walls.
Here is one of the gates to the old city of Chester...
...and a street scene taken from the top of the city walls.
Kitty and I enjoyed exploring markets, and bought the ingredients to make a nice supper tomorrow night (the joys of a kitchen!). Here a butcher is helpfully cutting some "very nice" lamb chops for us!
And, finally: the Chester Mystery Cycle (what inspired this trip in the first place!), this year held for the first time in the Chester Cathedral (in the past two years having suffered copious amounts of rain and lightning during their performances).
Here we are, the four of us, all dressed up for dinner in the Refrectory prior to the performance.
And here is the setting for the play(s).
(During Noah's Flood I thought of Martha Streutker and her performance as Mrs. Noah when we did it for Spirituality and the Arts!). It was a rollicking trip through Scripture (with a bit of a contemporary twist), from Creation to the Last Judgment in three hours! It was a great production - at times bawdy and funny and at other times powerful and very moving!
Carolyn
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3 comments:
Wow, the set looks amazing, the street looks like Diagon Alley and you all look beautiful (and thank you to kitty for wearing the necklace)!
Linda, I would have been right there with you having my coffee in that lovely garden! (although I can see that I would have had to have had a lovely and glamorous pair of silk pajamas!) And buying the dinner ingredients...I am sure it is really nice to speak the language in a foreign country! Your house sounds lovely and comfy! I want to be there. Charlene
Wonderful to have a house to stay in! Always the best way if you can find a good one. Enjoy!
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