While many bars that cater to American students threw Mardi Gras parties last night here in Florence the locals celebrated Carnevale. In the video you can see that all of the people that are dressed up are adults. There were traditional, modern, simple, and elaborate costumes. I got a ton of ideas for Halloween next year. All of the video was shot between 11 and 12 at night and the party in the streets kept going for a long time after we headed back to the apartment. Everyone was just out to have a good time as you will see and many of them were armed with bags of confetti and cans of silly string. I think my friend Andrea put it best when she said "This is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen." I would just add bizarre in a good way.

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