Carnival!

The island of Sardegna was once an island occupied by the Spanish. Since they were they still hold some of the same traditions from the Spanish they still have Carnival! Wow is it awesome, i'm sure its still noting compared to Brazil but still very exciting! They started they day off with a parade that lasted about 3hrs. It was like a walking party. You could pick the type of music you like and just follow that float. Everyone was dressed up in costumes. We stood out a bit because we were not in costumes. The beginning of the parade area was more for the children, but the latter part of the parade was defiantly more of the adult part of the parade. One our my favorites was the Dutch float, which had men dressed as woman (ugly woman) and smoking cigarettes. There was a Dutch windmill on it and on the rear of the float there was a person sized beer mug that had a face and was smoking a cigarette which actually made smoke. It was funny because while we were in the Netherlands everyone smokes-its nauseating. After the parade was over everyone met in the center of the city. The bars were full, people crowed the street. It was a huge street party. There was a main stage that had singers and dancers.