We had our very first Fourth of July celebration here yesterday. The post did a really good job of setting up a great activity for the families and soldiers. It was an all day festival so the kids had a few chance to enjoy the rides and festivities. There were about 5 kiddie rides if you were lucky. The oldest enjoyed the bumper cars alot and got me and her sister many times. As I watched her drive her own car, i swear I got glimpse of her driving abilities to come. What a scary thought. I had the younger one driving our car and she got me dizzy, literally driving in circles. After partaking of the games and food, we walked out to the dunking booth where the kids had perfect aim and dunked the sergeant. Perhaps I should look into softball for them too. The SGM ran the snow cone booths and the kids just had to some. As my daughter sat eating her snow cone dripping it all down the front of her dress and her legs, I simply laughed as she said "Curse you Sno-Cone." Must be a Phineas & Ferb saying. The night ended with some nice fireworks coordinated to America and Born in the USA and a finale to the tune of Carmina Burana. I love that song.
This last week we've had the chance to get off post and drive around a bit either with friends or the one day we rented a car and got lost in Italy. What some of our friends have told us is that just about every weekend there is a festival that occurs somewhere in Italy. For instance, last weekend one of the nearby towns had the Festival of Cheese. Another town had the Festival of the Crusader. But next weekend is the ultimate festival for the kids. It's two days of non stop Pokemon. That's right, a Pokemon Festival in Ravenna. The kids cannot contain their excitement and are already planning their weekend and what games they plan to play. And let's not forget the Pikachu appearance. Shoot this is better than Disney and less expensive. It's at a Wonderland, a theme park if you will in one of the towns. The thing is, as Americans when we think of Wonderlands, we immediately think of Disneyworld, Disneyland and Hershey Park. Apparently here though, there are alot of towns with Wonderlands and I think they rival small theme parks with roller coasters, boardwalk games etc. I will have to you know more about it once we experience it. But you can bet on this, mommy must endure two days of Pokemon, a game which I do not like to hear about, nor do I understand or even want to understand. I suppose it is one of those sacrifices I must make as a parent. Who knows, perhaps there will be some other shopping for me around there.
The next festival we also plan to attend will be Marostica, where there is the human chest game that occurs ever two years. It will be in the early fall so hopefully the weather will be great. the town's piazzo is set up as a large chess board and this human chess game is played daily for the weekend, every two years. If you're interested check it out here; http://www.bed-breakfast-italy.com/medieval/chess.htm
The children are bored and are begging for some fun time. So off we go walking to either go bowling or swimming. Here's hoping they have fun! Ciao!
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