After being pregnant in 2006, having my daughter in December I felt a bit like a balloon. So I came up with the perfect costume for that: a hot air balloon. I always loved the old paintings of the balloons of the brothers Montgolfier. The fabric with the golden ornaments I found in a store in Venice once, the basket is half of our laundry basket at home and the hairy balloon is a Chinese lantern.

Sophia, two months old in carnival, still today says “Mama” when she sees a foto of that. Seems like she has good memories of her first Carnevale di Venezia.

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