3 Things today: Lunch with Peter, Ponte Vecchio, LA BEFANA PARADE with drumers and people in renaissance garb.
Today we went out to lunch on the Ponte Vecchio, with our Villanova group. The old bridge(vecchio=old) was beautiful, decorated with many stores selling leather and gold. After we left Peter we continued over the bridge towards the Piti Palace and ran right into the parade for the Benfana!
There were hundreds upon hundreds of actors, all dressed in traditional Florentine garb. The three wise men came riding in on horses; Flag twirlers/throwers and drummers followed close behind. Although it was lightly raining the parade went on. Once they reached the center of town they fired off a blank shot from a cannon, before returning later that night.
