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The travellers in 'Canterbury Tales.'

Given the conditions of the trip and the time period, I'm sure this pilgrimage would be quite difficult, but if it were to be done, I'd just as soon be with this group of people than anybody else.  I would like the opportunity to see and hear each one of them, as each represents a different facet of society at the time. It would be a great first-hand experience to learn by being directly in contact with them rather than simply gleaning information from history books.

Apart from this, I also like to travel in a leisurely kind of way and I appreciate the company of people who can tell a good yarn and think on their feet. It seems that in this techno era, we have lost the art or skill of telling a simple story and being able to be entertained by it.

It would be quite interesting to travel with this group since they represent such a cross section of their society and human nature in general. Anyone who enjoys "people watching" would find them irresistible! Just observing their dress in detail would be fascinating, even though Chaucer describes it in detail. We know from The Canterbury Tales what kind of people they are, but I would be really interested in finding out how they came to be the people they are. At what point in his life, for instance, did the Pardoner become corrupt? What experiences in his life led the Parson to such goodness and compassion? When the Prioress was a child, was she a dainty little girl or is her behavior learned? And the Wife! What additional stories she could tell!