Last night I took Carlee on an ITT trip with my friend K and her son. It was one of those on a whim trips, I bought the ticket the day before. I promise I'm really trying to get better at just doing things instead of overplanning lol... So we went. It was awesome, well what we got to see anyway. The description of the trip was,

"Firwork factories from all over Europe will participate in this competition! Bring folding chair and snacks. The fireworks are scheduled to start at 8:45 pm. Please be prepared for delays while waiting for the festivites to commence."

Well, we sat around in a good spot that our tour guide found for us, and waited and waited. Italian style is nothing is ever on time. lol... A few firework sets went off but they weren't the BIG ones we were waiting for. Finally at 10:45ish, (15 minutes before we were supposed to be back at the bus,) the first big show went off. The fireworks were HUGE. They filled your whole field of vision. They looked like they were right in your face! Some looked like there were meteors falling in the not too distant horizon. It was AWESOME. It was 10X better than our usual American fireworks. It was like American finales X 10 over and over and over!!! I wish Tony had been able to go, because then we could have walked around more, ate some great food, seen more of the sights, etc. But I just sat and waited, holding a sleeping child. lol. Carlee was actually scared with the first few sets that went off (and she even had earplugs in). Then on the last good one, she got into it, trying to say all the colors she saw.

Before the show started, Carlee and D were playing tag with Italian kids. It was so cute. It's amazing how to kids there's no language barrier, and they don't care about cultural differences, there's only PLAY and LAUGHTER. It was a great night. Here's a video of one of the first sets of fireworks. I didn't get the awesome one, because two big palm trees were in my way. Next year I'm getting the best seat since I know where to look now. :)

This was one of the first sets of fireworks. It was good, but the last one was even way better. I wish I had gotten video of the last one, but there was a palm tree right in my way, plus I was trying to keep Carlee excited about it. :)

You can see the rest of the pictures on snapfish HERE.