History

Ronald and Blue are both very interested in history. This includes our family history but also our activities in the field of living history.

Family history

Our family trees and more. The picture links to the familyhistory page.

Living history

Living history is a big hobby for Ronald and Blue. As members of the Viking group Byfrost, they visite shows in the netherlands to show people what day to day life in those days was like. Of course you the picture links you to te page

Techniques

Through our activities in living history, Ronald and Blue learned a number of techniques that they would like to share with you. A click on the picture takes you to the technique page.

Palster ende Scerpe

A pilgrimage from Aduard to Aacken in 2008. The picture takes you to the P&S page with lots of links and reports by Blue.

The terracotta army of Xi'an

Blue's impressions of the exposition in the Drents Museum in Assen in 2008. To visit the page again, click on the picture.

These costumes where also made by the Old Orange Foundation

The largest statevisit ever

You may have seen that we sometimes participate in historical fachionshows And there is a biggie coming up! on the 14th of juli 2008 in Baarn there will be the biggest statevisite ever. If you want to know more you can check out the site Stichting Vorstelijk Baarn or the site of the Old Orange Foundation who are resposible for the costumes that make up this historical costume bananza.

The next page gives a good idea what this amazing show is all about. It includes a lot of links and reports on this special day by Blue.

Click on the picture and it will take you to the historical costume album.

The elf fantasy fair

This had little to nothing to do with history but has in common with the largest stateshow, that there are many cool costumes to be seen at this event. The picture again takes you to the right page.