Perea Carnival

Last weekend we heard it was the start of Easter Celebrations in Greece and there was a Carnival coming to Perea, Of course we did not want to miss out so on Sunday we went out to see what we could find!!!
Well we heard the music as we walked up the seafront and then we saw the balloon sellers so we knew we were heading in the right direction.
As we moved closer to the pier it was obvious today was the day!!! All the children in their fancy dress, Little princesses! Little Zorro's everywhere even some of the adults had costumes on.

Fantastic Carnival music blaring out of the loudspeakers which lined the streets.
We headed up the street following everyone dancing it was hard not to join in.
As we took our place amongst the thousands of onlookers I was amazed looking at so many people in one place full of fun and excitement after what we had left behind in England.
Finally in true Greek time the floats appeared led by a line of very energetic dancers with pom pom's!!!

As the floats passed by I was treated to a handful of sweets I was able to catch as they threw them amongst the crowd from the floats, I felt like a child again who had won something!!
After the floats passed us we followed everyone down them to the pier where they came to a halt around the pier, Then we were treated to more young people rah rah and hip hop dancing on stage.

All this had made us hungry so we walked down the seafront and saw everyone sat outside the Tavern's on the beach having lunch so we decided to join them, When we eventually found a table right in front of the sea we tucked into a fabulous lunch of Souvlaki and Greek salad and enjoyed the rest of the day in the sun watching the world go by.

What a Great day it was we have tried to capture the atmosphere for you in the video.
Let me know what you think!!!