Short Trips are fun Too!

This blog is dedicated to following dreams of travel and fulfillment in experiences. I believe this is a good time to share a few brief stories about my trips to the Renaissance Faire. Trips like that are fun, too. They can also be a great way to relax for just a day and have some fun by yourself or with some friends.

Queen Elizabeth and her Royal Court

I enjoy visiting the renaissance faire because I like to dress up and spend time with people who enjoy the same type of mythology and play-acting as I do. I usually go each year and each time I go, there are a few different people who go with me. When I first started going, my grandparents took me. Then, after a few years with my boyfriend, he decided he wanted to go with me. Let me just tell you some of the amusing and regular happenings when I visit the faire.

The first time we visited the faire, I was in proper attire and my boyfriend was not. Well, when we entered the park, we shopped some of the entrance stands and perused the outer perimeter. One of the pirates at the children's rides stopped us and advised me in all my wench's glory that my boyfriend MUST be a "virgin" because he was not dressed properly (jeans and a t-shirt). I was then told that I should lead him around and teach him exactly how to use his wallet at the faire. Later, we wandered over to watch the human chess match and sat down at the outer edge of the dungeon of tortures building. We watched about 2 minutes of the match and both of us fell asleep on the lawn.

Another time we went and spent the later part of our tour of the park watching the master forger at work. We were interested in how he teaches as he performs his work. It is obvious in watching him that he is very passionate and consumed by his work. He loves what he does and that makes him a happy man. Just watching this man work is worthy of posting on my blog.

A third time, I convinced my boyfriend that we should stay to watch the mounted joust. He had never seen one and I wanted him to see it. There were four champions and we sat on the side of evil (ironic, I thought since I am a wench and he could make a wonderful pirate). Our two champions wanted blood and the two opposing champions wanted valor and honor for the land and the queen.

The Four Champions

Short day trips like this, where even the drive is time spent with a friend or close loved one, can be more recreational than a whole week of vacation. Feel free to reach for those short and well-earned trips, as well as the long-term goals. Reach for the moon and you will always land among the stars.

If anyone has seen the movie Brave in theaters, there was a wonderful short movie about stars that relates well. Hope you have the chance to see it. Find a clip here and read the summary for the story line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7doTbvCA2I .

The Renaissance Faire is a fun trip and if you live in Pennsylvania, it could be a short day trip for you!