The Renaissance Fair

So this weekend my friend and I went to the Renaissance Fair in Clinton together. Even though it sounds like it would be really lame and kind of boring, it was actually really fun. We both dressed up so we could get in a little cheaper. We each wore an old ballet costume and wings so we looked like fairies. :) The fair was in a farming kind of area so everything looked really natural, like I guess how it would have looked in the Renaissance. All the people there had these tent things up, and mostly the people there were just selling things. But the stuff was pretty cool, so it was worth buying. There was this guy who looked Indian or something selling some really cool earrings (my friend got some with dream catchers on them) and necklaces. I got this really cool ring from this lady for only $2. There was this little Celtic shop that had a bunch of Irish stuff, so my friend got a heart-shaped ring with this Celtic symbol in the middle. She has another non-heart shaped one just like it that she got last year. There was also another guy (who was kind of annoying and a little creepy) selling some really cute bags that he said were from like India and other places like that. There were also places selling Renaissance costumes, and chain mail, and swords and knives and stuff like that. We met up with a couple of our other friends there who were both dressed like knights with chain mail and stuff. This little girl told her dad that they were "knights in shining armor". There was a jousting area where there were some guys dressed like knights jousting on horses. We came back later and there was this dance team dancing on top of the horses. I thought that was pretty cool because I don't know if I would have enough balance for that. They were doing tricks and stuff standing on the horses. There were also like belly dancers there. They were kind of weird though. Something I thought was really cool was this lady who was doing fire tricks. She could put it in her mouth, put it on her arms, and she never burned herself. It was pretty cool looking. There was also a guy there dressed like Jack Sparrow. We thought he was cool because he looked, sounded, and acted just like Johnny Depp. We got our picture taken with him for fun. For the food, they were selling these humongous turkey legs you could get, and things like pitas, meat pies, and things like that. It was really fun, but some of the people there were kind of creepy. So if you ever go, just kind of look around for the people you want to stay away from. We had a lot of fun, even if my arms and face got kind of sun burnt, it was actually kind of nice to be burning instead of freezing for once. :P