Carnival in Nice 2009
Time passes quickly and next thing I know it is toward the end of Winter and the great Carnival of Nice is underway. It is a grand event. We caught it twice this year–once for the floats and once at the end for the Battle of Flowers on Saturday 28 Feb 09.
It wasn’t that much of a battle really–they toss the flowers out at the crowd rather politely and usually with a big smile.
Of course, the giant smoke breathing dragon made a big impression on the kids. It made me think of a godzilla film as the mechanized beast motored passed the Negresco Hotel.
And what would a Carnival be without some feather boas? Nice was not about to let that ball drop at all–
and the previous week there were some amazing floats and tons of confetti and that gooey string stuff.
A bunch more photos here on my Flickr set: Flickr Longo Mai Set
More info on the official site here . We actually forked out €25 x2 to get Tribune seats, which actually was almost worth the hefty price as that side of the parade was a lot less crowded. It lasted about 90 minutes and the kids were very excited through it. I think it would be great to see the evening shows, but better for +7-aged kids at least.
