With the windshield wipers squeaking frantically, my family and I drove through Storm Benjamin to the entrance of Puy du Fou. A slow-moving queue of cars with headlights bright snaked into the park, their owners set on an early 9:30am start at the historically inclined theme park in Vendée in western France.
As the experience at Puy du Fou is focused on watching its bombastic brand of historic re-enactment from outdoor tiered seating, we were planning to find the shows with the most cover until the storm blew itself out. As the taxi dropped us off at our hotel – a replica Roman villa – we watched other parkgoers in white Puy du Fou-emblazoned rain ponchos being blown about like ghosts.
