Saturday Evening, February 19, Still Day 2
I am not sure if you will ever grasp how crazy carnaval is unless you physically go to one. They completely closed the main street (the one that the tram runs through) and an two adjacent squares. 4 large grand stands line both side of the square…. 1,000 of people were squeezed into the square wearing insane costumes, throwing confetti squirting silly string at you. The floats were absolutely bizarre and insane. The constant stimuli was exhilarating. When we left at 11:30 the parade was still going on we left however because we were concerned that the tram would be ridiculously crowded once the parade ended and our hostel stopped running its shuttle from the tram at midnight and we were too tired to climb any more hills today.
I am so happy and excited that I saw this carnaval parade. It runs two days a year, so the chance that our one night matched up with it was amazing. It was n incredible insight into Europe culture and something that we would never have been able to experience elsewhere.
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