Carnivale - Viareggio

Nicole Jackson, Janelle McHenry (my two KKG/CSU roommates) took a day trip a couple of weeks ago to Viareggio, a small town on the west coast of Italy. It is where the Italian and now all of Europe festival Carnivale began. Think Mardi Gras (minus the alcohol) + a crazy cartoon inspired floats + a five year old’s birthday party + Halloween = Carnivale, one very interesting experience. That’s the only way I can really describe it, oh and you get sprayed with silly string and this foam stuff all day long, I was the main target I feel with my long, blonde hair.. shoot. We only stayed during the day events as the crowds definitely wore us out. I've heard it gets pretty crazy at night but we opted to take the bus home with the group that we came with. We ended up being stuck in traffic for a good 3 hours :( but it definitely exemplified the massive amounts of people that came in for the event.

February 10, 2008