Two Weeks in Time

[Turgon]

Somebody once asked the great Irish poet W. B. Yeats - If you could spend two weeks in any place in any period of history - where would you go? He chose Byzantium...

I'm asking you the same question - where (and when!) would you go? And if you could bring one thing back with you - what would it be? (and lets not be mercenary here folks!)

[Anamatar IV]

Well I would go to Europe in the Middle ages;)

More specifically, Blois or Orleans or one of the cities that was GREATLY effected by Jon of Arc. Just to witness how one person might do something like that to a city. It never happens in our time.

Ah well I would bring back Arc's sword to hang on my wall;) or not...

[Niniel]

I would like the see Rome in the time of Augustus, or Constantine the Great. Both were men who have had agreat influence on history and I would like to see how big the role of these men was and what they thought about the world and their own role in it. Did they know they were doing great things, or did they just do what seemed right to them?

[Talierin]

I think either the creation week (I'm a biblical creationist), or when Jesus was on this earth for me... but Rome during it's height, and England in medieval times would be cool too, and Crete when the Minoans were on it.

[Elbereth]

I would visit post World War I, Paris, with other American expatriots of the Lost Generation, such as Gertrude Stein and authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Henry Miller during the 'City of Light's' most glamourous time. During the day I would sit by the Seine, watching such great artists such as Pablo Picasso, create genius before my very eyes...and at night, I would attend scandalous parties, such as those hosted by Natalie Barney, who became famous for pulling off stunts such as inviting the Mata Hari to perform a Javanese dance, completely nude. I would use my time to ponder the superficiality and contradiction of life...living meagerly but happily, knowing that indeed by just being there I was witnessing art and culture unfold before me.

[Ponte]

I would go to Azingcourt during the Middle-age and see how the little English army could defeat the many times bigger French army.

[Lantalasse]

i think that if i could ever travel in time i would choose the late 1800's in Europe probably because it changed so drastically in that time and there was a kind of general confusion....

[chrysophalax]

Hm, if I bring my time machine, can I split up my two weeks? (Too many interests, you see!)

First, I would go to ancient Egypt during the time of Rameses the Great. To see the temples at Karnak while still in pristine condition must have been awesome! Having brought a tote-bag for artifacts, I'd try to sneak back a small idol of Bastet.

Moving on, Macedon. I'd love to have been a fly on Bucephalas (sp?) when Alexander first started out after Philip II was assissinated, what a genius, loved the defeat of Tyre! My prize here would a lock of his hair.

Ah, Greece and Rome! Being a lover of battle tactics, watching the Sacred Host would have been the ultimate. I admire many emperors, but have a certain fondness for Claudius, and for sheer weirdness, no one tops Little Boots. A few pebbles from the Via Appia would do me just fine here.

Great Britain almost any time...though I'd still love to be sure what happened to the princes in the Tower... Scotland also. Yep! Mary Queen of Scots...*sigh* whatcha gonna do with a person who makes such horrible choices? Riccio's lute would be my souvenir here.

[Celebthôl]

um, pre recorded, in England, as noone knows what was happening here then

[Dengen-Goroth]

Wow, what a question! I would have to do what the great Chrysophalax did:)

First on my list, Egypt under Akhenaten. I'de want to see the first geat monotheistic (sp definitly butchered) religion begin, and possibly skip a handful of years and see it fall:) I would then move on to Greece, simply to revel in the light of the great philosophers. Then on to Rome, around the time of Marcus Aerelius (sp?), the last of the great 5. The most time i would spend in any place would be that jewel of Christendom of antiquity, Constantinople. TO see the golden horn in it's zenith, to wonder through that city which represented the concoction of so many different cultures. It would be incredible! I'de stay there the longest. I would stay in there for a week. To end my journey I would travel to Jerusalem before Saladin retook it. Simply to see the religious fervor of those times would be remarkable. And if I could bring one thing back, it would be something of Saladin's, though can't think of what:)

[Beleg]

I guess either it would be On the Ship that Bore Columbus to America or In Spain in the period of the Arabs.

[Aulë]

I would head back to the Melbourne Cup five years ago, and place a hefty sum on the winning horse at long odds. I would then store it in a banking account for my current day self.

Or, if I didn't feel like making millions, I'd go back to the colonializasion of Albany in Australia.
I've always loved the heritage in that place.

[Lhunithiliel]

Week 1-st:
I'd go to the times of Merlin and be guest of King Arthur. I'd very much like to sit at that round table of his and see and speak to his knights.
From that time I'd bring a sword (not Excalibur of course!)...well... maybe better a whole knight's armoury and also a dress like those the ladies of those times wore.

Week 2-nd:
I'd go to .... don't know the exact year or not even the approximate age... but somewhen and somewhere in the Galaxy, Far Far Away..... I'd like to travel on board of the "Golden Heart" and visit the palces described in the "Hitch Hiker" :p
From there I'd bring a video-tape of the greatest show at the restaurant at the end of the Universe where I definitely will also have some episodes with the cow... ;) :D
....I'm not sure, however, whether I'd be willing to return at all!

[Lantalasse]

lol,
hitch hiker's guid to the galaxy rules.....i'd love to go to the restaurant at the end of the universe.....

[Jesse]

I would go to the time when Christ had his ministry. My hope would be that I'd get to meet Him and that He'd heal me of my syndromes and that I would return healthier. That's where I would go.

[CloakedShadow]

I'd go to either the times of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and Chilvalry at its best...or to Paris during the French Revolution, sit in front fo the guillotine, and knit...:D

[Eledhwen]

The New Testament Middle East era is tempting, as I'm a Christian; or the reign of King David. But I think I'd like to visit Britain, before the Romans got here; I think there are a lot of assumptions made about Celtic Britain, and an inability to get out of the ruts of earlier assumptions too. I'd also take a camcorder with me.

[elffriend]

If i could go back in time, i would like to go back to the time before christianity arrived in Britain, so that i could understand some of the mythology of the Celtic people. I would like to split my two weeks so that i could be here in the time of Merlin, before he joined king Arthur. The reason i would like to go back to these times is that I am very interested in things that happened during these times.

[Eledhwen]

It seems we're headed for the same era. I expect you want your visit to be pre-Roman as well as pre-Christian, if you want to experience true Celtic culture. There is an argument that Christianity reached Britain as early as 45AD, and that was quite late in the Roman era, when many Britons were already 'Romanised'.

[Arvedui]

I would like to go one month back in time, and deliver the correct Lottery coupon:D :D :D

Or more seriously, I think I would go back to the beginning of april 1940, when my country was attacked by the Nazis, that is if I had the opportunity to do participate in the chosen time.
Otherwise I think I most of all would like to go back to the time when Jesus Christ was walking the earth.

[Lindir]

I'd go back to the Viking Age and visit the site we excavated last summer, to make my job of interpreting the settlement easier.