I’ll admit it. I’m a festival nut.<\/p>\n
I’m a proud American made up of German, Norwegian, Danish, English, Irish and Bohemian parts (or as I like to call myself, a “Euro Mutt”). I also get mistaken for a crapload of other\u00a0ethnicities\u00a0as well. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked if I’m Eastern European, Greek, Israeli, Italian, Hispanic, yadda, yadda, yadda. For some reason random strangers really like to speculate about my ethnicity. I get asked at the grocery store, by people walking by on the street, I even got asked by a lady in the public bathroom at a baseball game once. Which is kind of weird but kind of cool at the same time.<\/p>\n
So I can pretty much fit in at any festival there is.<\/p>\n
I’ve been known to attend Chinese New Years, Renaissance Faires,\u00a0Asian Music Festivals, and various Reenactments, but I mostly frequent Oktoberfest (I actually really dig polka dancing. That’s cool…….right?), the Scottish Highland Games (my step-dad is Scottish), and Viking Fest.<\/p>\n
Since relocating to San Diego in 2011, this is my 2nd time going to the Vista Viking Festival. I wrote about it last year as well which you can check out HERE.<\/p>\n
Here are some pics from Vikingfest 2012:<\/p>\n
Me and my Norwegian Mama.<\/p>\n aka Mama Jedi\n
Pretty Vista, CA sky.<\/p>\n I take A LOT of sky pictures\n
Cosplaying at Vikingfest. You’re doing it wrong.<\/p>\n I just…I have no words.\n
Cosplaying at Vikingfest. You’re doing it right!<\/p>\n Valkyrie WIN!\n
Old school silversmithing.<\/p>\n Yay for child labor!\n
Mmmmm….beer.<\/p>\n My Scottish step-dad with his Pict paint\n