Monday, February 19, 2007

Carnivale!

Last night we went to Carnivale in Acireale. It was amazing! We had so much fun. Carnivale takes place up until Fat Tuesday, which is the night before the start of Lent, Ash Wednesday.

People were wall to wall, some dressed up in costumes, much like American Halloween, and tons of little kids running around, all dressed up. They were the ones you had to watch out for. I've never seen so much silly string and confetti in my entire life! There were also amazing floats. Some where made out of paper made out of paper mache, others were made out of flowers. Some had whimsical themes while others were political jabs. Here are some of the pictures from the evening.




Kathy & I with our new masks



Les & David looking for their next silly string victim...



Les, Kathy & David after a silly string attack!



George W. Bush - they were announcing something as this float went by, all I could understand was Americano...



Locked and loaded...


You should have seen the little kid when he was done with him...


Les & I at the end of an awesome evening...and yes, that is confetti on the road

Carnivale was so much fun, I can't wait to go again next year!

1 comment:

Trav'ler Jenn said...

Awesome! So glad you got to see them crazy Italians be well...crazy!