Reniassance Fun!

My hubby did go with us girls yesterday! It was so much fun! All the people who work there are in period costume and stay in character no matter what. One of the first things that we saw after walking in the door was a few of the performers battling for the Sheriff's gold. They were asking the audience for suggestions of how they should battle. Here is their human joust that was battle number 1:After that they had to do a thumb wrestling battle and finally a wooing competition. That was just the start of our day!

Next we went to see the Wench Auction. They pulled people out of the audience so that they could be sold to re-pay the Sheriff's debt to the Queen. It was so funny. People were bidding things like "2 gold ships" or "10 barrels of whiskey". Here are the performers getting ready for the auction:After the Wench Auction we walked over to the battle field to see a full contact joust! I never realized how loud that is! The amour on the horses is loud, the battle cries are loud and the crowd cheering is super loud! There were three main knights fighting in this joust. Our section was cheering for Sir Victor, who was dressed in green colors. Here is Sir Victor being helped by his stable boy:Each of the three knights had a lady to cheer him on. Here is the parade of the ladies as they were coming out to greet their knights:Here are the knights getting ready to battle as they get their final instructions on fair play:Finally the battle:

After the joust, we got some yummy food. I forgot to take a picture of my roasted turkey leg because I was so excited to eat it!! My very good friend got shikabobs and Hubby got a turkey leg too. Trying to find a place to sit and eat was hard since it seemed like EVERYONE had the same idea to eat after the joust. It was great anyway! After our lunch my friend and I went to have tea with the Queen, while Hubby went to watch the Washing Wenches show. Here was my tea cup at the tea (which we got to keep as a gift to remember our tea!):

The Queen herself gave us etiquette lessons on how to be polite at the tea table. Her two attendants showed us how not to behave at the table. Here is the Queen:

My friend and I met back up with my hubby to go and see a live chess match, some artisans at work, and the Washing Wenches again. He said it was so funny that he didn't mind seeing a second time. What he didn't tell us after he found us seats right close was that if you sit close, you WILL get wet! It was a great show and even though we were wet, it was worth it!

After that, we ended our day by getting some strawberry shortcake and relaxing by watching the passing performers.

It was a great day! We all got a little sunburned, but it was so much fun and I had a great time! I plan to go back again!!!! Next time, maybe we'll even dress up to fit in like many people did!!! ^_^