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Sep 19, 2009 19:16

Dave and I went with Crew 71 to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. First of all we were in a caravan of five cars. On the country roads it was fine but on the interstate it was a different matter. The lead car would decide to switch lanes which is fine but if you do that make sure the car bringing up the rear has room to move over! We found ( Read more... )

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mortuus September 20 2009, 00:43:10 UTC

Hmmm... maybe I'll put the Renaissance Festival lower on my list of priorities.

elfdream September 20 2009, 01:39:11 UTC

Keep in mind I was in a bad mood from the stressful ride there and I was just not feeling good. Even if they had done everything that I expected I still might have had a bad day.

sixth_queen September 20 2009, 01:00:12 UTC

I just went to the Renaissance Festival here in Ohio, my third time. It was really busy today. Recession? What recession? Maybe these families are just doing the Staycation thing.

These RenFaires were never meant to be historical. There probably aren't any historically accurate Ren Faires in the US since there wasn't any frooey Ren culture in the US back then. But we're really good at roughing it colonial style!

At least for casual visitors, modern RenFaire is all about shopping, hanks of roasted turkey, and some really bad theatre. Maybe it's different if you work there and hang with the costumed people...The theatre used to be much more risque until the families showed up. I was told that in Texas, some of the wenches still go topless.

I went for the shopping because I like those kinds of baubles. And I love the architecture of all the little buildings where the shops are.

elfdream September 20 2009, 01:34:58 UTC

Two of the acts I saw had a lot of bawdy humor. I don't mind that so much but it was just so unoriginal.

The baubles were nice but too expensive for my pocketbook. If I had a lot of mad money to throw away it might have been worth it.

glass_moth September 21 2009, 00:19:39 UTC

I am sorry you had a headache to spoil your day. Check out this Fair

http://www.oook.cz/events/hradec-kralove06/

This isn't the US. Checkoslovakia. It happens every year. I would love with all my heart to go.

elfdream September 21 2009, 12:54:14 UTC

I actually know someone from the Czech Republic. I'll ask her about that.

It looks very colorful...probably more in line with what I was expecting.

Maybe I'll give it one more try sometime when I'm feeling good and I can get there via routes and means that are less stressful! ;)

sixth_queen September 21 2009, 15:07:24 UTC

You may want to try another Ren Faire. You might be closer to the Ren Faire in Pennsylvania, which is close to Harrisburg. I liked the Pennsylvania Faire more than the Ohio Faire (although the Ohio Faire has been improving.) And you wouldn't go through any major cities.

Or you could bypass the thing altogether by going to the Ren Faire website, finding the list of vendors, and googling for the vendors' websites to shop.