On Sunday we went to Acireale to the carnival. Acireale has the third largest carnival in Italy and lasts for two weeks. The children and some adults wear costumes or wigs and masks. Confetti is thrown at each other as is liquid streamers.
The floats are a sight to behold. Once darkness falls they have flashing lights and various parts of the float are raised and move. They were about 5 stories high.
This dragon float was my favourite. It was really awesome when lit up. I took some videos but they don't seem to work on my blog.
We arrived in the afternoon and by the evening the streets were packed. Even the pope was there!
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| Pope |
Of course there were beautiful churches.
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| St. Marco |
It got a lot cooler as the evening wore on and we left when Roma and I could no longer feel our feet!
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