Last week, there was a very fun event organized inside the medieval fortress, a recurring event that is always taking place on the last week of August. It's an event for all ages, to bring people together and have some fun for 3 days. There were so many exhibitions, activities organized that you had to move there, to be able to attend all of them.
I made the most of it, but even so, I missed quite a few as who has time to attend every event, but what I was able to enjoy, will share with you today.
This is the entrance to the medieval fortress, where the event was held. The location could have not been a better one, as it is isolated from the city's noise, it is a safe place for kids with a loot of green spaces as well. It's a 4.3 hectare area.
The place was adequately decorated to welcome the youngest visitors as well and make it appealing to them. There was an open air exhibition near the walkway, which was not new, I posted about it last month, it was just moved out of the way to a place where it could be still visited by anyone.
The fortress dates back to the 15th century, and even though it has been renovated countless times, the medieval nature of the place is visible everywhere. You see a glass dome in the background, which I'm going to show you later as there was something going on inside.
This was the entrance to the dome, entirely dedicated to children and activities for families with small children.
The particularity of this event was, that most of the games were not the modern ones you can find these days. Organizers wanted kids to learn about old, traditional games kids had once. As you can see, the two girls are playing with a wooden maze-like game, which you can play digitally today, alone, but it's more fun to play it offline, with your siblings or a friend. It can help you develop some skills for sure.
The glass dome hosted a different kind of activity. There was a Jurasik Park Lego construction on the table and plenty of tables where kids could play.
There was a huge crossed hand sign on the table, trying to say No Touching but I suppose you know what every single kid did once they stepped through the door. yes, you're right, they ran straight to the Lego construction and started touching everything.
These tables could keep your kids busy for a while.
This was where the most fun took place.
This was so funny, but I wasn't fast enough to catch the fun part. You could stand behind the hand painted wooden frame and take a photo, to look like you're in the 18th - 19th century. Those motifs are typical Hungarian and this is how most of the wooden furniture was painted back in those times.
Something very interesting was going on there 👀👀👀
Here kids had the opportunity to experience what weaving and making yarn was like back in the day, when everything was done manually. I've seen this a number of times and it's always a fun activity, kids usually are staying in line to have a chance to play with these strange, wooden toys. If you have a look around, the rugs are also weaved by hand and the pillowcase is hand embroidered.
This was another fun activity and these two girl had a good laugh, before and after they ended up on the ground. Basically you need to synchronism your steps in order to move on, but they needed some more practice at that.
A lot of cool activities were going on here too, like wood carving, beading, embroidering and so on. These activities have double purpose. Firstly the organizers would like to show kids how these things are done and also give them a chance to see if they are interested in learning more about it, picking it up as a hobby.
More games, but here no one was interested.
This was another cool game, which kids love. You have a fishing stick with a hook and you need to catch the fish in the trough. Some years ago they put water in the trough, to seem real. It's not an easy task, especially for a kid so young, but it shows them things are not always easy and you need to grow up to the task, which you can do by practicing.
This looks like a game and it is now, but there was a time when this was the only means of transport. People had used these wooden legs to walk on the muddy streets, as asphalt was non existent back then. Now you see this means of transportation in the circus or at medieval festivals. This boy tries his best, but could not make one step without falling first. It didn't matter as he had fun.
This was the artistic tent, they were getting ready to welcome the young "artists".
This was another fun area for kids eager for some adventure.
There were so many fun activities and I bet later these places were full of curious kids.
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