Well met! Here are a few more photos from the Washington Midsummer Renaissance festival:
The Queen of Scotland, posing for her subjects
A hearty lunch. It looked far more appetizing than my own.
A weaponry demonstration.
And how could the day be complete without a joust to win the Queen's favor?
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Fun! The jousting is always exciting. ^_^
My lil' sister got two free tickets to the Renaissance Festival once and she hasn't used them yet. I'll have to be like, *nudge nudge* "I'll buy your food..."
Hee hee it was a nice change to the usual fair flavor. Oooh hopefully you'll manage to convince her ;)
You know, I've never been to a Renn fest. Someday... maybe... It does look like lots of fun.
Now I have been to a "Medieval Times" dinner theater - with a joust show and a "medieval"-style dinner. It's like an hour-and-a-half or so Renn fest, only nobody except the staff is in costume, and the swag you can buy is all mass-produced.
Those are so much fun!
Nothing beats a food + entertainment combo. ;)
Oh I remember going to one of those a long time ago!
When I was a high school English teacher, we turned our whole school into a castle. It was cool, since our building actually did have a moat, and a bridge that looked like a drawbridge. But alas, the history teacher that spearheaded that whole thing left after 5 yrs and no one else wanted to take on such a monumental task.
It was so much fun.
Oh wow that would have been amazing (and a lot of work)!
I so love North American renaissance faires! :-D Went to Tuxedo/NY in 2002... the live joust was amazing.
But I also love the medieval dinners and other attractions in REAL castles in Europe... :-)
Great pics!
Hehe you can't beat the real thing, of course ;)