{"id":8677,"date":"2014-05-05T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=8677"},"modified":"2014-09-22T19:44:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T19:44:49","slug":"above-arras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/above-arras\/","title":{"rendered":"Above Arras"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1-IMG_5060\"<\/a>Before you climb that World Heritage Belfry<\/a>, you must first pass the scrutiny of this strange looking bunch of folk….<\/span><\/p>\n

The history of these giants goes way back to the 16th century, when apparently most towns in this area (and more than likely beyond!) had their own Giant families that they took to events (like some kind of medieval “Its a Knock Out” I expect after a few bowls of cidre)! They have names too, if you need introducing? \u00a0 Colas and Jaqueline (the originals were destroyed in WW1, and then sadly again in WW2 – but like phoenixes arisen from the flames they were recreated in the 1980’s) and their beautiful(!) daughter Dede arrived in 1995… \u00a0 Do pop along and say hello (although they don’t have much to say!)…<\/span><\/p>\n

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And if you are wondering what it looks like Above Arras, here you go… \u00a0 I strongly suggest you don’t look down when descending the stairs to the lift (which is a necessity by the way, not laziness – it’s the only way to get down) if you don’t like heights!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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