Weekend of the 1st of February 2008 Carnivale in Venezia *Carnivale is the 2 weeks that lead up to Lent. It includes partying, dancing, music, and masquerades. Friday morning Rebecca Schiappa, Rosemary Ansel, and I got up really early and took a 6:30 am train to Venice (Venezia); we got into Venice at about 11 am. When we got off the train we saw so many people dressed up in their Carnivale outfits, it was SO cool!! Then we walked across a bridge, to the other side of the canal. We got some sugarcoated almonds and some other Venetian Carnivale treats. We walked around the little side streets shopping and making our way towards Piazza San Marco and the Realto Bridge. On our way there we each picked out masks to wear. When we got to
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