A Roman day out in Chester
Happy Monday friends, hope that you all had a great weekend. We lucked out with a beautiful sunny weekend. After a BBQ with friends on Saturday afternoon, yesterday we took a trip out to Chester for the day. Chester is such a beautiful Roman City and there was a day of Roman fun on at the Amphitheatre. We packed a picnic and spent a great afternoon with friends in the sunshine. There were Romans, Ancient Britons and Egyptian dancing ladies.
We watched displays of dancing and the Roman Army showing us some of their ‘moves’. Plus we got to see the Gladiators fight a bear ;)
Miss Kiki volunteered for the kids army. She got to dress up in armour and go into the amphitheatre and ‘fight’. Her Papa volunteered to be an Ancient Brit and fight the Romans. It was funny to see her seek her Papa out each time to ‘kill’ with the sword.
Kiki and Baya also went to have a go at dancing with the beautiful Egyptian ladies. They loved it, especially the ‘jangly scarfs’ they got to wear. Lola spent most of the afternoon laying down, recovering from a busy day out with the Guides on Saturday. We finished the day off with ice-creams on the way to get our coach home {I may have had a very yummy oreo ice cream sandwich!!}
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Jen aka The Mad House
June 2, 2014 at 12:19MadDad and I love Chester. It was one of the places we considered moving too. I think the time has come to take the boys on a trip. It looks like your girls had an ace time
Kate Thompson
June 2, 2014 at 14:14That looks a lot of fun! Colchester Castle has reopened at last and they are good for this kind of thing. The painted back drop is stunning, makes it look a vast space!
Kirsty
June 2, 2014 at 14:15The sunshine this weekend was unexpected but very welcome! Looks like you made the most of it and I love the kids Roman Army! What a brilliant end to the half term x
Victoria Mylittlel
June 2, 2014 at 15:38i actually never been to Chester, seems like an interesting activity for whole family
You Baby Me Mummy
June 2, 2014 at 17:39I used to live down the road from Chester. It looks like they had such a fun time x
lisa prince
June 2, 2014 at 18:55never actually seen one of these events myself but they always look amazingly fun and for the family which is always even better for me x
Louisa
June 2, 2014 at 19:22I would’ve loved to attend this event, it looks brilliant. It’s great that everyone could get involved if they wanted.
Pinkoddy
June 2, 2014 at 19:37What a great time you look like you all had. So vibrant and interactive. Glad you had good weather.
Mummy of Two
June 2, 2014 at 19:53I’ve always fancied visiting Chester but haven’t gotten around to it yet! It sounds like this was a great event!
Hannah Staveley
June 2, 2014 at 20:28Looks so good, would of been amazing to see .x
Globalmouse
June 2, 2014 at 20:37We are big into our Roman days out too! This one looks brilliant – lots of fun interaction!
Cass@frugalfamily
June 2, 2014 at 20:47I love Chester and this looks like an amazing day x x
Sarah Bailey
June 2, 2014 at 21:19Oh wow what a wonderful day out this sounds like – it is amazing seeing history come to life. x
Donna @OrdCyclingGirl
June 2, 2014 at 21:27I’ve heard such great things about Chester and this looks like a fab day out.
Jess Howliston
June 2, 2014 at 21:43Looks like you had a fab day out and the kids had loads of fun! A fun way to learn about history as well.
Jess
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LearnerMother
June 2, 2014 at 22:39Oh my goodness, that looks like a lot of fun, and a well deserved ice cream at the end! I’d love to explore Chester a bit more one day, I’ll make sure to go when the Romans are in town!.
Lucie Aiston
June 2, 2014 at 23:27Oh wow!! This looks amazing! We don’t have anything like this around our way! Boo! Amazing photos!
Rachel
June 3, 2014 at 13:48Brill photos! I love Chester, full of character and a really interesting city!
Shell Louise
June 3, 2014 at 20:10That looks like so much fun, I’d love to take the girls there :)
Helen Dickinson
June 3, 2014 at 20:37This looks like a fun day out for all the family. Wish we had a few more events like this in our local town.
Keri-Anne
June 4, 2014 at 20:38What an amazing thing! I remember doing a Roman day at school when i was like 7 and LOVED it. We don’t have anything like that here but i know the girls would love it. We have the carnival in two weeks, so we are looking forward to that x
Helen @ Witty Hoots
June 4, 2014 at 23:59Sounds like you all had a great day out – we’ve visited Chester Roman fort before and it was very interesting!