Christ has risen, he has risen indeed

Firenze likes to celebrate Easter with a something roughly translated to "explosion of the cart". Oh it is what it sounds like. They take an ornate wooden cart and parade it around the city with decorated oxen, flag twirlers and trumpets. Then once the parade reaches the Duomo complex in the center of the city they park it out front and begin to rig it with fireworks. You read correctly, fireworks on Easter morning. So after about an hour of rigging, song playing and bell ringing the grand event begins. I was anticipating one large explosion for maybe a minute or two. But oh no, we are talking 20 minutes or so of full of choreographed mortar firework show. Afterward Jenni and I crafted some Easter breakfast.