Lisse, Saturday 7th June 2008

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Lisse, Keukenhof
Saturday 7 June 2008

We received an invitation from our friends from Corbvlo to join them at the keukenhof. By itself not the most likely venue for a Roman event, let alone

Lisse and surrounding area.

Detailed image of the Keukenhof.

And the result is something to be very proud of. We were pleasantly surprised, anyway! After being welcomed and being show our 'quarters', we got to meet the people who live on the farm.

A little hesitantly, after all it's not common for soldiers to visit a farm, and when they do it's not always a peaceful visit; plunder or taxes, please!

It turned out we had a very good time. There were plenty of visitors, enough to keep us constantly busy explaining, showing material, dressing people up in Roman equipment, etc. We took tours walking across the settlement and talk to the friendly 'natives', whilst admiring the very nice building they had set up here over the past few years. Too bad the sun disappeared, but the weather remained dry. A very nice day.