After a long break I'm writing again about my life and SCA-hobby also in English. I have spent two amazing weeks in the eternal city of Rome staying in the Finnish Cultural instute of Rome in Villa Lante from 16th century. Villa Lante is located in the Gianicolo hill in it's solitude outside the city center and it's said to have the best view over the roof tops in the entire city. I had been for short tourist presentation in the villa couple of years back, but the fact of living in this fabulous house for free was more marvelous than I could ever have expected.
The excursion was done with our department of classics and we were mainly going through ancient archeological sites and museums with our assistant or professor acting as guide. And after the long days walking these sites and museums we had also seminar presentations in the evenings. So the schedule was very hectic, even though I managed to get some time oof my own. I would like to go some day to Rome just to go through all the medieval curches and renessaince palaces of the city, because during the scholarly trips the focus is obiviously on the ancient times.
Before heading to Rome we had a lovely demo wiith Kaukameeli and Humalasalo's dancers and fighters in my ex-home town Jyväskylä located in central Finland. The demo was on little part of the annual festival of arts in the city centre. We had our place in the National Museum of Handicrafts were we had build a small exhibition of medieval and renessaince clothing. The fighters and dancers had their show in the middle of Jyväskylä's main street and had over 200 viewers. I was very proud to show my childhood town how funny and exiting hobby medieval re-enactment actually is.
For a couple weeks we will be having also an another demo in Central Finland, this time in Laukaa medieval market, in the same village than my eldest brother lives. The market is held for a second time and I'm very proud to see how interest towars Middle Ages grows in my childhood province. We are trying to even re-found the once-buried Village of Hirvenkylä (my former SCA-group) with Kaukameeli and some new members.
Laukaa is also the begining for the season of medieval markets in Finland. This year we are having an info table in the Turku medieval market with our Canton of Unikankare and I'm planning to attend some other medieval markets too during the summer if I can only aford it. Medieval things act as a balancing effect for writing a Master's thesis for the entire summer.
The excursion was done with our department of classics and we were mainly going through ancient archeological sites and museums with our assistant or professor acting as guide. And after the long days walking these sites and museums we had also seminar presentations in the evenings. So the schedule was very hectic, even though I managed to get some time oof my own. I would like to go some day to Rome just to go through all the medieval curches and renessaince palaces of the city, because during the scholarly trips the focus is obiviously on the ancient times.
Before heading to Rome we had a lovely demo wiith Kaukameeli and Humalasalo's dancers and fighters in my ex-home town Jyväskylä located in central Finland. The demo was on little part of the annual festival of arts in the city centre. We had our place in the National Museum of Handicrafts were we had build a small exhibition of medieval and renessaince clothing. The fighters and dancers had their show in the middle of Jyväskylä's main street and had over 200 viewers. I was very proud to show my childhood town how funny and exiting hobby medieval re-enactment actually is.
For a couple weeks we will be having also an another demo in Central Finland, this time in Laukaa medieval market, in the same village than my eldest brother lives. The market is held for a second time and I'm very proud to see how interest towars Middle Ages grows in my childhood province. We are trying to even re-found the once-buried Village of Hirvenkylä (my former SCA-group) with Kaukameeli and some new members.
Laukaa is also the begining for the season of medieval markets in Finland. This year we are having an info table in the Turku medieval market with our Canton of Unikankare and I'm planning to attend some other medieval markets too during the summer if I can only aford it. Medieval things act as a balancing effect for writing a Master's thesis for the entire summer.
