After Lucca we hopped on a train over to the coastline to visit Viareggio, a resort city. Viareggio sits on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea (totally thought it was the Mediterranean at the time) bummer. We went for Carnevale--- not expecting it to cost 15 euro to enter a fence that contained said celebration. We did not pay, but now I regret it. We wandered around and looked at people in really funny costumes (think the children's fuzzy dalmation costumes.... only for adults).
I was stubborn and demanded that we find the beach and after awhile of searching we came across a opening in a fence and climbed through and many other tourists did the same! It was worth it to see the sea and then huge snow capped mountains in the distance.
We also saw some amazing floats while peeking through the fence into the Carnevale. The floats were enormous and spun, were animated, shot confetti into the streets.... it was crazy! Apparently Viareggio is famous for its floats. Other than the floats and the brief visit to the ocean I wasn't very impressed with the city... but I am sure it would be more fun in the summer.
I was stubborn and demanded that we find the beach and after awhile of searching we came across a opening in a fence and climbed through and many other tourists did the same! It was worth it to see the sea and then huge snow capped mountains in the distance.
We also saw some amazing floats while peeking through the fence into the Carnevale. The floats were enormous and spun, were animated, shot confetti into the streets.... it was crazy! Apparently Viareggio is famous for its floats. Other than the floats and the brief visit to the ocean I wasn't very impressed with the city... but I am sure it would be more fun in the summer.
