TRAVELOG Medieval Theme Park : 中世時代テーマパークの旅行日記

by David on 2012-09-13 (Thu) 20:17PM

Last month I was lucky enough to visit a historical theme park called Puy du Fou in the Loire Valley, France, and I thought you guys might be interested to see some pics.

８月にフランスに行きました。歴史のテーマパークは近くのあったので、すごっく楽しみにしていました。いくつかの写真を見せましょうか。

There were 3 main zones: medieval, viking and roman, and the coolest was by far the medieval zone. This included an authentic recreated medieval village, complete with actual workshops and medieval food stalls! Here are some of the highlights...

ゾーンは三つあった：中世時代町、バイキング時代、そしてローマ時代のコロシアム。中世時代の町は一番面白かった。。。

Stunning, isn't it? But in France such an old style feel to a town is not completely unheard of. What made this one unique were the authentic touches...

すごいリアルな雰囲気じゃない？！こんな町の中でで歩くだけで夢中になったが、まだまだありました。。。

... like this real-life stone mason who spends his days chipping away at statues for various other parts of the theme park.

。。。すばらしい！本当の石屋だ。彼は一日中彫像を作っていました。

Look - a Warhammer watchtower! They even got the wonky roof correct!

ほら、見て。ウォーハンマー世界の塔とそっくり。

This quaint little village also boasts its own blacksmith's forge...

この村の建物に入るとしたのシーンを見つけました。。。

We actually got to see him pumping the bellows to heat the forge, and then watched as he hammered away to produce a real knife blade. Very cool!

実際のナイフをだんだん作ってきました。一日中の仕事は大変でしょう？！

Our trip to the medieval zone finished with this staged battle against the hated English attackers. A bit of target jousting to warm up, and I thought Nagai-san might appreciate seeing a real knight in his Bretonnian colours.

中世時代の町にはこのディスプレイもありました。先に騎士たちの練習だった。永井さん、いかがでしょうか？実際のブレトニアのナイトはこんな感じかなぁ？いや、違う。左の方は綺麗過ぎだ！

Surprise, surprise - the French knights won! The hated English were driven away with fire and (I think) the arrival of Jean of Arc! That whole castle in the middle spun around during the battle, by the way. Something to do with a magical lance, I think.

バトルの最終シーン。やはり、フランス人のナイトが勝ちました。まぁ、いいか。

Victory celebrations! Hurrah for the magical lance and Jean of Arc and French things generally! Sad to not see any proper ravishing and pillaging, but maybe the English were a bit tired, eh?

ディスプレイの最後だ。天気も良かったが、暑いでしょうね？！

The Roman zone only contained one feature, but it was awesome - a real-sized Roman amphitheatre, with Vestal Virgins, campaign victory parade, Christians being thrown to the lions, gladiatorial fights, and of course what trip to the games would be complete without...

ローマ時代ゾーンには一つのショーしかなかったが、本当に素敵でした！どうだ？！このコロシアムショーでは軍団のパレード、ライオンやトラ、剣闘士の戦い、そして。。。

... a good old-fashioned chariot race. Can you guess who wins? Yep, the goody two shoes white charioteer, who was fighting to save his love from being thrown to the lions. Blimey, the things some guys do to impress a girl!

。。。チャリオトのレースもあった！もちろん、白いチャリオトが勝ちました。

Stay tuned for the second travelog photo diary - a trip to Games Workshop's Nottingham WARHAMMER WORLD Event Hall.

次の日記はイギリスのGW本社イベント展示「ウォーハンマー・ワールド」です！