Carnevale!!

Sunday we went to Colle val D'Elsa for a carnevale festival for kids... heavy metal band in the main square with everyone standing around not sure what to do, and 4 sad little "floats" that looked more like diaramas that were perched on the back of Piaggio Apes (see pic).

Francesca bought Miles a Barbapapa "Barbaforte" costume. Everyone could recognize it because it's a well known and long running cartoon here. Miles is so desperate for kids that every time he sees someone shorter than 4 feet he yells "kids!" and runs dead at them. Anyway, he's good at making friends.

Tuesday was the real carnival and we went to the Piazza del Campo in Siena. Loads of fun. Confetti everywhere, kids everywhere, good (and appropriate) band music, games, puppet shows, horse races (see pics and watch video.) Miles was in his element.