Venice for Carnivale!

Last weekend, despite the freezing cold temperatures (and I mean wind chill 15 degrees!), I braved the cold and ventured to Venice, the center of Italy's Carnivale celebration.  During the two weeks of Carnivale, people come from all over and fill Saint Mark's Square to celebrate. The weekend's celebration included music, masks, a wine fountain, and tons of crazy costumes...most of which were Renaissance but some of which were just plain crazy!  Being there to celebrate one of the biggest Italian holidays with people from all over the world was quite the cultural experience and definitely worth the cold.
Here are some of my best shots!

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