The Texas Renaissance Festival outside of Magnolia northwest of Houston begins its annual month and a half long run this weekend for the 30th straight year (has it really been that long?). Even if interacting with Renaissance characters is not your thing, a trip to the festival is worth it just to admire the festival location, which is a huge city from several centuries ago that has been built gradually over the past 30 years in the middle of a huge Texas pasture. Moreover, the food at the festival is exquisite and also well worth the trip — where else can you enjoy a lunch of a turkey leg polished off with a dessert of fried ice cream?
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Correction from an exceedingly amateur medievalist: the Rennaisance is not medieval in any way, shape or form. In fact, the Renaissance is the traditional historical marker for the end of the Middle Ages/medieval period.
mmmm… Turkey legs…
TP, correction noted, although a number of the Renaissance Festival characters do emanate from the medieval period. Apparently, not enough Renaissance characters for the festival. ;^)
Tom,
You’re absolutely right, which is part of what always bugged me about Ren Fayres–some of the blatant anachronisms at work.
Ever see the Ren Fayre episode on King of the Hill, with Alan Rickman doing the voice of the ‘king’? Hilarious.