The Atlanta Traveler

I was just minding my own business on the last day of the Georgia Renaissance Festival on Sunday. The festival features costumed actors and actresses, food (I ate a giant turkey leg) demonstrations, and shopping. The festival lasts about a month, and I was surprised to see festival-goers wearing costumes. Anyway, I went to the festival alone, just to see what was going on and get some pictures for you all. I happened into one of the pavilions, and saw the royal court. I thought it would be neat to get pictures of them, so I started snapping away with my digital camera/video camera.

Anyway, I had just come from church, with no time to change. The queen noticed me and asked me why I was there all alone. I didn’t want to get into a long drawn out discussion about trifling men in Atlanta and often going dateless, so I just smiled nicely and shrugged or something.

She suggested that two men in her court woo me (which means that they try to date me). She suggested that we have a contest. A nice man in the pavilion took my fairy box (camera) and captured the moment.

The Georgia Renaissance was located in Fairburn, off I-85.  Tickets were $19.95 for adults and $8.50 for children. The festival had demonstrations, like glass blowing, wool spinning, juggling and jousting. There were also tons of shops, selling medieval clothing, shoes, contemporary food, and gifts. The festival lasted from April to June 1.

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