Renaissance Festival

Yesterday, Ted & Donna, Brenda & I went to the Renaissance Festival. We met Val, Tony and our niece, Dominique there. Dominique was wearing a Blue Cape that Val had bought at the festival several years ago. It was still in great shape and we reminisced about the cape. I didn't know that Val still had it.

We went into the gate and we watched the players introduce each of the groups. They were divided into many groups and were associated with the different areas of the festival, Italians, King and queen, etc.

We did see many different shows throughout the day. I think the best was the French magician who had been with Circ De Sole. He mimed most of the show and spoke only at the end. He had much audience participation, as did most of the shows that we saw.

Dominique wanted to see the belly dancers, so we looked them up saw a good show. The girls are very limber and in spectacular physical shape.

Ted and Donna had been there many years ago, but somehow missed a lot of the areas. They never went back to the Italian area or the area with the original swings or where the elephants are. They seemed to be impressed with the size of the grounds.

Ted and I were disappointed with the Italian sausage sandwich. It was cold and not much thought in the preparation, Cold marinaro sauce over a slightly heated sausage. Not very impressive.

We went to a bier garten to listen to an accordion player, He was very good. Donna, who is German and attends many German weddings was familiar with some of the dances and songs and she got up and danced the chicken dance. It was neat to watch.I keep hearing how bad the economy is, but this place was packed. I'm guessing here, but I think there was 10,000+ people at this venue. At between $18 and $21 a ticket to just get in and the cost of food, drinks and souvenirs, there was a hell of a lot of money spent yesterday, and this goes on for 8 weeks.

As all know, gas prices have come down and are almost reasonable. With our trip planned next summer, I hope they stay down or go even lower. We could stand a break while travelling. But, that is stating the obvious.

Ta ta for now