venice carnival
Posted by rocksea on 25 Jan 2011
During our 2 year stay in Italy, we made several visits to Venice, but this (14 Feb 2010) was the most colorful, and beyond our imagination. The train trip from Bologna where we stayed, to Venice was totally packed. It is rare to travel standing in a train in Italy, but this time it was different. It was a Sunday – it was February 14th the Valentine’s day – and above all, it was the final day of the Venice carnival! Bologna was the starting station for the train, but before we carried our baby, his pram and ourselves on to the train, it was crammed upto the door. Fortunately, we got a foldable-door-seat next to the toilet, and on that I sat, with sarah on my lap, and pratya on sarah’s lap.
Regardless of the rush and push, everyone was jovial - some of them already wearing the masks and gowns for the carnival, and we reached Venice in 1:30 hours. Venice is a string of islands linked by bridges and boats. The islands were packed, and we moved along with the flowing crowd, from boat to island to boat to island… We were rewarded with all the colors you see below 
Don’t miss the last one!
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hahahaaa dirtyyyyyyyy
I like the expression on the girl’s face, or is it a kid?
Beautiful pictures, it is a riot of colors
Thanx for the share.
Now I know which time of the year should be booked for a Venice trip.
=)
amropali,
yes if you ever plan for a venice trip, you should go during the carnival time!
ha ha… super pictures.
The clicks are really good.
Nice to witness the carnival at least from India
Seen after a long time. Enthu patti?
samayam kittandeyy
will there be such a carnival this valentine’s day? i am at one of the Venice hotels and want to be able to see such colors live!. any hints?
hello nick, this year the venice carnival seems to be by the end of february.
thank rocksea!
Those were some lovely pics. I mean first one is lovely and the rest were filled with colours and joy
btw, I don’t see any way to follow ur blog? how do i do that?
RESTLESS
hey restless, happy that you enjoyed the colors. you can follow through http://rocksea.org/feed
scorpio, bindu,
Last picture is the best !!
Oh I missed the carnival. (
you have been all around europe and venice too, right?!
Not all around europe but yeah to many places.
One of those fotos made me recall a sanathana ragging scene. people present: me, sakkeer, rajesh, roxy and some others.. funny.. very very funny!
yes yes, still fresh in my memory
ha ha … luvly pictures to post for the v-day! the last one is indeed special – i liked the 1st one too.