Last weekend I went to Venice and Florence for the weekend to experience the Carnival Festival which was held in Italy. It is a celebration that is held in January and February of every year right before LENT. The event was fantastic. Italians were dressed up in costumes that looked really good. In the city of Venice they have several different areas where they perform different things based on the 6 senses. We were only able to get around to two senses which was the hearing sense and visual. In the hearing sense there was a little band of about 5 members who were dressed up and walked around the area performing music, it was pretty cool because they were very interactive with the audience. In the visual sense they performed a play that was in Italian of course. We were unable to understand what they were saying, but we were able to see with our eyes what they were doing and even then we were clueless as to what they were doing. It was very interesting. I was informed that the carnival is very similar to
Mardi Gras in New Orleans but it is nothing like that at all. It seems like Italians take the celebration seriously. Where as in New Orleans it seems that they look at it as a time to get drunk, see naked women, and party until Daylight. The two celebrations are not that similar at all.
Unlike my trip to London the weather was great. It was SUNNY and cold, but it was still nice. Unlike cloudy and rainy which I experience everyday in GERMANY!
I don't know if I have ever told any of you this, but Italy has the best
Gelato in the world.
Gelato means Ice Cream in Italian. It is AMAZING. Once you go
Gelato you will never go back. I would like to mention that Marble Slab is a far second to Italy's
Gelato. If you ever go to Italy,
Gelato is a must buy. I would also like to mention that we were also able to go to Florence and eat the best
Gelato in Italy and perhaps the best
Gelato in the world.
Now the trip to Florence wasn't as nice as the trip to Venice. The highlight of the whole trip was being able to eat the greatest
Gelato in the world and also being able to see the original statue of Michelangelo's David. The statue was HUGE. It is amazing that a normal size person was able to create such a magnificent statue with such detail. Did I mention that it was amazing! I would like to tell you in words how great the statue is, but the only thing I can say is that this statue is a must see for yourself.
If you click the link below I have a photo album of the great things that I was able to see. So check it out and tell me what you think.
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