In June 2007, the Living History Festival, from the year 1000 to the Second World War, was held in Marle (Aisne), organised for the second year by the Musée des Temps barbares: a gathering of enthusiasts who try to relive a period through clothing, often made almost as it was at the time, and through its culture.
We spent all three days there, the Friday being set aside for schools, despite mixed weather: rain, then blazing sun, then rain again… Our lodging was a reconstructed Merovingian house, with a cannon shot as a wake-up call at 7 in the morning.
