Friday, July 17, 2009

Warwick Castle

In England I went to Warwick castle. When I walked in I saw a really big map of the place, so I took a picture of it. It was very useful because I could just look at my camera for a map. I thought that was very useful. The group walked around for a while and then we went to go eat. We had chicken. Then we went and we learned about what an archer would wear in medieval times. We also learned how to fight with a bill. A bill is a kind of stick that has a spike on the end of it that you stab people with. You fight with it in a formation and you fight three people at once relying on the people to your left and right to defend you. I thought that was a lot of fun. One of the girls I was fighting hit me in the lip and it started bleeding. It hurt a lot. After fighting with a bill, we got to practice some sword fighting. I really liked that part. We each got a partner and a sword and we learned some techniques on how to fight. It was very interesting. After the sword fighting, we got to watch one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! We got to see them shoot a fireball out of a trebuchet! It was amazing! Afterwards, we got back on the coach and went to our hotel. I really liked that day.