yesterday i woke up at 5:30am to hop on a 7am train to head to venice for carnevale. best idea ever. even if we did get home at 1:20am after having walked pretty much the entire surface area of venice all day long!
since i must move on to my (really fun and nerdily amazing) homework for translation, i will give you a brief summary of carnevale in venice:
bright, colorful, loud, crowded, happy; tons of gorgeous elaborate costumes paired with couples, teens, adults, families and babies wearing more americanized costumes such as police officers, indians and doctors; little skits and people posing left and right; food everywhere; no one giving a hoot if you take pictures of their or their children; CONFETTI; masks - soooo many masks ranging from creepy to incredible to silly; lots of laughing; tourists from EVERYWHERE!
it was great pretty much.
just for the record, it is thought that carnevale in venice started in 1296..... wow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice
we naturally had to get our faces painted
pretty!
my new mask!!
more pics here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=385790&id=500755531&l=987936ba83
