{"id":1174,"date":"2010-09-28T13:35:47","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2010-09-28T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T17:35:47","slug":"maryland-renaissance-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2010\/09\/28\/maryland-renaissance-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Renaissance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was hard to explain exactly what the au pairs should expect at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.\u00a0 It is an event that you have to experience to truly understand. A bunch of au pairs, host families and friends did just that on Sunday.\u00a0 It was a cloudy day with rain in the forecast.\u00a0 We brought our umbrellas and took a chance.\u00a0 It turned out to be a very nice day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1177\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/renn-fest-group1.JPG\" alt=\"renn fest group\" width=\"495\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1176\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1223.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1223\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1223.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1223-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1179\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1191.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1191\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1197.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1197\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1197.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/09\/IMG_1197-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Thank you Liz for sharing her great photos with me.\u00a0 I have some more to add later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you missed our visit to the Renaissance Festival, I encourage you to check it out.\u00a0 It runs weekends through October 24.\u00a0 Visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rennfest.com\">website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was hard to explain exactly what the au pairs should expect at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.\u00a0 It is an event that you have to experience to truly understand. 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