Elizabeth and I went to the Virginia Ren Festival in Spotsylvania, VA. It was a lovely trip down through some very beutiful Virginia country side. We had never attended so we did not know what to expect. This is the seventh season for the Faire and it is growing each year. People were extremely nice and very much willing to engage and include "stranger."   Our opinion was that there were many more "noble" personas than "commoners" (But did we expect anything else from Virginians!!!)

As the pictures show, it was mostly out in an open field on the property of Lake Anna Winery, Tents housing merchants and food sites and exhibits provided some relief from the hot sun. There was a little shade in the lower part where the Queen was holding court.

Temps had reached 92 degrees by 2:00 so we, clad in our finest leather garb, had just about had it. We had been there since it opened at 10:00 so we saw most of the exhibits and shows. Very much worth the time and effort.

Here is the link http://www.varf.org/

I will put up some more photos as I have time.

Edward

p.s. I enjoyed that fact that you could bring peace tied weapons! First time I wore my rapier in public!

Well, it's not a Faire but will do for now. Baltimore Inner Harbor Fell's Point will be hosting a Pirate/Privateer celebration this week end and we are planning on attending. We will be doing a bit of tweaking to our regular garb, but I think we can fit in well enough. The fun part is we have two friends who have watched us "play dress up" for years and have always wanted to try. Well, for her Brithday this year we bought BOTH of them basic garb so they can "play dress up" with us now. We are already getting togther a list of Faires for the Summer.

Will try to take some pic to add to the site of the Pirate Adventure.