A World of Fair Maidens and Knights

Last year my family and I went to a Renaissance festival together to go back in time. We soon found ourselves in a world full of color and excitement, fair maidens and knights, jesters and minstrels. The little shops were a buzz of society as aliens (like us) to the Renaissance world eagerly took it all in

We were wandering from shop to shop when a trumpet sounded from afar. The joust! The crowd started to move to the arena and we tried to see the knights who were about to battle. In the arena an armored knight on an armored horse loped around with his maiden on a horse at his side.
The maid left him and soon another knight appeared in the arena. They backed away from each other until they were as far apart as they could be. With their helmet visors down over their faces, they looked ready for a fight. Then suddenly they charged each other with jousts aimed. They closed in on each other quickly, and as suddenly as it had begun, it was over with the good knight standing over his opponent. The crowd cheered for a long time and then started to dissolve into the streets. My family and i walked over to a Renaissance "Taxi" for a ride. I climbed on finding it hard to straddle such a thing while wearing a dress.



Yes it was a day full of fun and excitement, I loved every minute of it.