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The
Bluffer's Guide to Carnival
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Didn't
make it to Venice for the Carnival? Fret not. Thanks
to our Web Cams you can pretend you were there,
in the middle of all the fun and games.
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View
all the magnificent costumes in real time as they
make their way up and down the Grand Canal.
Enthral your friends with eye-witness descriptions
of the most unusual costumes and masks with our
daily archive of weird and wonderful
costumes.
If that's not enough, you can pass yourself off
as a local in Saint Marco's Square by checking out
these photos from past carnival
celebrations (beware, all is not always what
it looks).
For a guaranteed success you could even pretend
to be the incarnation of one of Henry James' characters
- girls are suckers for romantic descriptions, especially
where antique
gondolas are involved.
Find out what Venetians have dressed
up as since the times of Goldoni and Puccini.
 Venice
is synonymous with water, high tides and floods.
Show off your knowledge of the watery lagoon by
taking a tour of the sinking city - you'll have
to download a plug-in before you go here
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Are your friends still sceptical? Dispel all doubts
by talk to the
gondoliers . . . in pure Venetian
dialect.
You can lose yourself for hours in the winding alleys
and back lanes of Venice. Drink up some of the atmosphere
with this portal that has been specially designed
with the visitor
in mind.
So, who cares if you can't make it to Venice or
Viareggio? You can celebrate Carnival in the comfort
of your own home . . . but don't complain if the
party
gets out of hand!
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FRANCESCO
TUTINO |
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February
2001
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THE SURVIVOR'S 
