Journey to the Past

Sunday was Renaissance Faire day! Kim and our friend Pearce from work are both working at the New York Renaissance Faire this year, so a bunch of us decided to take a day trip to see them. Matt and I went to pick up the ZipCar, then met up with Hannah, Randy, and Derek. The hour and a half drive took us through New Jersey just to get back to another part of New York, but it went pretty well and I navigated us there successfully, which is always a miracle. The Faire was really fun! We ate giant turkey legs, and the boys did archery and threw knives at things, and we saw a magic show, and Kim was in a production of Lysistrata, so we saw that. Pearce plays one of Robin Hood's merry men, so we saw him fight in a live chess match against the Sherrif of Nottingham. The day ended with a jousting match and a singalong. We were pretty beat after a day out in the sun, and the drive back took quite a bit longer, thanks to traffic, but we got home safe and sound, if a little headache-y.