Last weekend, I made a trip out to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. I hadn’t been since I was a little kid, but I knew it would still be a great time. We arrived at the festival and were directed to park in a field. They had horse drawn carriages bringing people from the parking lot to the festival.
The line for tickets was really long, but it moved pretty fast. Also, this is probably the best place on Earth for people watching.
Once inside, we spent the day going into shops, playing games, and drinking meade and beer out of giant mugs. I really enjoyed just walking around, so I didn’t watch much of the shows. We did stop and watch a juggler, who was very good. We also watched the jousting which was kind of a disappointment.
The games were great. Many of the games were giving out tokens for a free beer as a prize. We bought souvenir mugs which were fun to drink out of. I really liked throwing axes at stumps. I managed to get the axe to stick in the stump, so I won a necklace. I also won a souvenir mug by throwing a dart and hitting a specific target. We also threw ninja stars and knives, as well as walking through a maze.
They had great drinks including Sam Adams Oktoberfest and really good hard cider. We read on Yelp that the super-nerds all hung out at the Dragon Inn, so we had to go grab a table there and check it out. I liked the bee sting, which was half meade and half hard cider. Super-nerds were indeed spotted. Although I was wearing a wizard hat, so I guess it takes one to know one.
The food was really good. They had a lot of different options. It would take weeks to sample everything. I was a big fan of the vendors walking around selling pretzels and beef jerky. I also loved the steak on a stake, which was a good hunk of meat on a stick. They even had a raw bar with oysters and mussels. My friends liked the fish and chips, corn on the cob, and the pork pocket (sandwich with pulled pork). My sister was not crazy about the turkey leg because it was too salty.
Next time, I want to try the chocolate covered bacon and the cheesecake on a stick. I also wanted to get the macaroni and cheese on a stick.
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