On Your Next Trip to Europe Why Not Make It a Trip into the Past?

Days of Yore Travel is for Discovers voyaging into the past.

Make It an Extraordinary Trip to Europe

Days of Yore Travel is for Adventurers who want "hands on" experience with the past.

Dine Like Kings and Queens

Days of Yore Travel makes your trip a culinary experience and a memory with friends.

Make History by Re-discovering History

Days of Yore Travel can help you enjoy the archaeological experience.

Get Up Close to Real Treasure

Days of Yore Travel can show you how you can be part of a discovery team.

Turn Museum Visits into Experiences

Days of Yore Travel can bring you together with experts who want to make history an experience for you.

Re-Living History Where It Originally Took Place

Days of Yore Travel will bring you face to face with living history.

Learn Traditional Craftsmanship from Experienced Masters

Days of Yore Travel can help you meet craftsman who still keep the old traditions alive.

Celebrate Like You Never Have Before

Days of Yore Travel can show the kind of parties you usually on see on television.

Discover Your Secret Love for Long-Lost Things Cherished

Days of Yore Travel brings you together with people who take pleasure in showing the beauty of by-gone days of yore.

Experience Thousand-Year-Old Cities Where It All Began

Days of Yore Travel takes you there.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Know Your Celts - Mediomatrici

Lands of the ancient Mediomatrici Celts in modern-day Lorraine in France
Clan Name: Mediomatrici, given to them by the Romans, which means “the people between the Matrona (Marne) and the Matra (rivers)”

Belong to: The Gallia Belgica of the Belgae Nation

Geographic Location: Area known today as Lorraine in the region known as Alsace Lorraine located in modern-day France.

Capital City: Divodurum - better known today as Metz in modern-day France.

Language believed to have been spoken: Gallic Celtic, known as Belgae

Closest surviving language: Cornish

Language spoken in the region today: French and German 

Divodurum or Metz in the 2nd Century CE