| Did you ever wonder what it would be like
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| | people often will do on a weekend and
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| to be a knight, a wizard, or maybe a king
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| | there are even larping events that last
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| or a queen? The days of knights are long
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| | for a full weekend. During one of these
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| gone but there are organizations, groups
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| | events people dress in authentic medieval
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| and events that still celebrate the
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| | clothing and don armor and foam weapons.
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| beauty and wonder of the Middle Ages. You
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| | There can be very elaborate story lines
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| might not be able to live a medieval life
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| | that come with larping events and some
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| full time but there are some great ways
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| | events have very detailed guidelines for
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| you can try it out on the weekends!
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| | combat, language, dress and more. The
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| Go To A Renaissance Faire
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| | goal is to bring you as close to the
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| This is a great way to experience a
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| | reality of the period as possible.
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| little bit of the Renaissance life as a
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| | Join the SCA
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| spectator or as a participant if you
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| | The Society for Creative Anachronism -
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| choose. You will like this if you are
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| | They have quite a creative name and the
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| just looking for some entertainment in
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| | espouse a really creative lifestyle. They
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| the traditional way -although Renaissance
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| | are an international organization
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| Faires can be very interactive.
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| | dedicated to researching and re-creating
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| Picture yourself taking a trip back in
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| | the arts and skills of pre-17th-century
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| time to the middle ages and experiencing
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| | Europe. They have a very large member
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| a real faire. That is exactly what many
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| | base and they sponsor big events such as
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| Faires try to do. They will have arts and
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| | Renaissance Faires, tournaments and art
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| crafts, armor and weapons, and many
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| | exhibits. They have a popular and easy
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| medieval type items for sale. These
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| | to find website if you want more
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| Faires often have jousting tournaments
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| | information on them.
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| and real blacksmiths. Often times they
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| | Stay In A Medieval Castle
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| will have a rental shop where you can
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| | The tourist industry has changed quite
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| rent some renaissance clothing for your
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| | significantly over the past ten years and
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| stay at the faire. Of course the food is
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| | the Bed and Breakfast niche of travel has
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| very thematic and at a faire you will
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| | gotten very creative in that many real
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| often see people walking around munching
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| | castles peppered throughout all of Europe
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| on enormous turkey legs and other such
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| | are now full fledged Bed and Breakfast
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| medieval-like food.
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| | facilities. Some of them are very fancy
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| Try Larping
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| | and expensive while others are reasonably
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| Larping is based on the acronym LARP,
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| | priced. A little bit of internet research
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| which stands for Live Action
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| | can turn up quite a few wonderful castles
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| Role-Playing. It is a wonderful type of
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| | in this niche. You can actually sleep
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| hobby that takes the concept of gaming to
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| | like a King in one of these facilities!
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| a new level of reality. It is loosely
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| | The Middle Ages were a very unusual
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| based on the early dungeons and dragons
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| | period in our history and many people
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| games where players would sit around a
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| | hold a strong fascination for the
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| table and talk their way through a
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| | lifestyle of that time. And even though
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| dungeon. In Larping the players take this
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| | this period is now many hundreds of years
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| to another level. They dress the part and
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| | behind us you can still experience a
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| actually do the adventure type things
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| | little bit of it today in the modern
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| -including combat. It is something that
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| | world.
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