Regatta!

We had no idea the weekend we picked to go to Venice just happened to be the popular Regatta weekend held once a year. The Regatta is a bunch of boat races between two, four, six, and eight men teams all rowing the entire Grand Canal. Prior to the races were the Parade of Boats! These were not the boats that were in the race, but were boats that held dignitaries from Venice, and they were all dressed in Mid Evil attire. It was beautiful! All the boats were decorated with everything from flags to food, from statues of dragons to winged angles! Brightly colored costumes offset the shiny boats. Everyone sitting along the shoreline cheered and clapped as the boats floated by, and we cheered and clapped along with them, happy to once again feel what it is like to live like an Italian.