We spent the day yesterday at the Renaissance Festival. Diane had been wanting to do it for years and for some reason I've been dragging my feet and just wasn't terribly interested. Then Drew mentioned it a couple months ago and I decided it was time to do it. I think it started in April and is open on weekends through the summer. I think it would be miserable on a hot, summer, Georgia day...but we had the perfect day for it. The high was in the low 70s with plenty of sun. And it hadn't rained in a while so mud wasn't an issue (I've heard it can be a mess).
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| Emily and Diane on a pirate ship ride. |
There is a ton of things to do at the festival. It is not cheap. You pay about $20/person to get in and the food and all the rides/games cost extra. And there are shops everywhere selling pipes, handmade clay pottery, soaps, oils, costume cloths, jewelry and more. Drew and I got some really cool necklaces' ($20 each) made of bronze. You basically pick the type of medal you want (bronze, silver or gold) and the design you want on each side of the pendant. Then you want them imprint the pendant with the design you want by dropping a huge weight down on it. It is pretty cool and they have so many cool designs to pick from.
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| Drew's bronze pendant showing Archangel Michael |
Emily got some elf ears which the color match to your skin tone and then glue on. And she got a henna tattoo on her wrist. So she was in the spirit of things :)
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| Emily battling Jacob's Ladder |
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| It's not easy! |
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| Emily Henna tattoo the next day. |
We saw a few shows including knife throwing, wheel of death, jousting, and birds of prey. They were all very entertaining. The bird show was educational and cool. It is always so impressive seeing those birds up close. All the shows are free but the do ask for donations at the end of each show.
There was also a reptile booth set up where you could go see snakes, lizards, and turtles. They had a few different snakes you could hold including some beautiful carpet pythons from Australia.
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| A little camel ride...check out Emily's elf ears :) |
Did I mention the people watching? Wow! These people really get into their costumes and I'm not just talking about the people who work there. Lots of the attendees were dressed too. And the cleavage! I like to keep these posts PG but the cleavage displays just must be mentioned (even Diane was impressed). That alone might be worth the cost of admission.
Well, it was a pricy day but definitely worth it. We all had a great time and that gets harder and harder to do with two teenagers. Who knows, maybe we'll do it again next year.
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