T.R.F. Review - Awesome Edition!

You don't have to imagine living in the Middle Ages any longer, all you have to do is go to Plantersville, TX and visit the Texas Renaissance Festival! Old people with corsets, greasy turkey legs, and sick pickle salesmen, the Renaissance Festival is awesome. The festival is one of the country's largest and most notable festivals of the 16th century. From Oct. 10th to Nov. 29th, T.R.F. is filled with treasures and excitement. Tourist can choose from 8 themed weekends, Thanksgiving Friday, and two School Days.

The T.R.F. is like stepping back in time at least 500 years. Trained actors talk to visitors in Old English. A "pound" is a dollar (well, talk money later...). People can buy handmade crafts, enjoy food without utensils, and have talk to common peasants.

It is like arriving in a total different century that when you get back to the real world, everything seems lame and boring. Rides powered without machines are as fun or at times even more fun than Six Flag rides; others could differ with this opinion. Just like my disgust for scary movies, I hate scary rides, but the Ren Fest provides a perfect combination of scare and fun. The food is equally as awesome. There is a variety of options including funnel cakes, nachos, and cheesecake on a stick! But what I enjoy the most is the little shop within the festival. You can find so many wonderful and interesting things to buy. The Ren Fest provides something for everyone. From swords, Japanese fans, to Peruvian bags, you can spend your college fund there. With so many options to spend your money on, it is saddening to refuse buying these things because you're broke. Trust me, you will run out of money. Unless you make a few million dollars a year, you can never bring enough money to the T.R. festival. Like I stated before, one of the saddest parts about the Ren Fest is leaving. The realization that what you just experienced is fake and you have to go back to the 21st century.