Day TEN: Fighting with Vikings

Hello! Day ten update today. This morning, we drove back up Belfast to do a bit of shopping and looking around. It's only a half an hour drive so it wasn't bad at all. Dr. Tim had a meeting in Belfast, so we wandered around an outdoor market that had a ton of little shops and food in it. We bought smoothies and I bought gifts and little souvenirs. I even found a super cool Game of Thrones necklace, which had the Stark symbol on it!

After shopping, we headed back to County Down to meet with the Vikings. Dr. Tim had set up a day to learn how to fight like a Viking, with the Magnus Vikings. They're a group of people who train with Viking weapons and fight in tournaments against other Vikings. When we got there, we grabbed shields and spears (not sharp ones) and started to learn how to use them. We learned basic spear fighting, and how to make a shield wall against arrows. We even got to spar against each other and some of the Vikings. They also showed us how to throw axes at a target. And, we got to watch them fight against each other, and they really go hard. After the fighting, we had tea and some snacks. We finished our visit by dressing up with swords and helmets and showing what we learned from the day.

After the Vikings, we had the evening to ourselves. We all kind of relaxed around, and I finally had service on my phone (just for the night), so I was very happy! Tomorrow we head to Dublin!