Sieging La Rochelle
The Night and a Musketeer, Age 22
My husband and I traveled around Europe for our honeymoon, and when Halloween came by, we were in France. The night before my favorite holiday, we were in Carcassonne and desperate to make costumes to wear the next day (when we would be in La Rochelle). We badly needed a musketeer costume (because we were in France!) and despite Halloween not really being celebrated in France, by chance there was a small costume shop in town. The shop keepers were extremely nice and helpful – to the point that when they didn’t carry an item we needed (ie. tape aka “Scotch”) they escorted us to a retailer that did. So with tape, glue and blue and white crepe paper, we fashioned together some costumes. We bought a white mask, black hat and a small plastic sword and added a paper tabard and paper stars, to create “The Night” and a “Musketeer.”
The next day, when we were in La Rochelle, we got a lot of looks after we dressed up (and after James proceeded to act like a Musketeer within walls and towers) but it was a lot of fun. I think everyone knew that we were having a blast.