two in tutus - Carnevale!

Jesye and I are quite the pair! We grew up in neighboring towns (her from Webster and me from Penfield)... but it took each of us moving to Italy to meet one another and become friends.

She was the perfect partner to celebrate Carnevale with... in a tutu no less!   : )

Around and around the merry-go-round!

We purchased some carnival popcorn...

...aaaand then walked into town to get gelato!

bungee trampoline with Jesye - Carnevale

After a lap around Luna Park, Jesye and I decided that we would ride the carousel and then try out the bungee trampoline... yeah! We had fun on the bungees... in our tutus! Carnevale!

The close-up of my face in this photo cracks me up every time!

Carnevale - Luna Park Amusement... Opera

Jesye and I met up at the parade in Opera for Carnevale and then made our way over to Luna Park... the local amusement park that had set up camp a couple weeks earlier by the firehouse. This place is hilarious... seems to be straight out of a movie... and the rides are all set up but seem a bit sketchy to actually ride. (...but we still did! ...of course.)

Princess in a ball:

Carnevale - Opera, Milano

Carnevale in Italy is a hugely happy 4-day celebration (...4 days in Milan, at least... longer in other cities... Venice, for example has one main weekend but goes for WEEKS!). Some friends from school went down to Venice to really celebrate Carnevale... I enjoyed seeing the celebrations on a smaller scale right in Opera. (There were more celebrations in the city of Milan too.)

The main celebration was on the weekend and included a large parade, which the entire town seemed to partake in! The kids, and many adults, were all dressed up in costumes... very, very adorable.

I really know that I live in a small town when the parade's floats are pulled by tractors!