The Columbia Italian Festival was a great way to send a fall afternoon in Columbia. This festival came filled with great food, music, games as well as interesting facts about Italy. The festival organizers did a great job of incorporating the history of Italy starting from Ancient Rome to Modern Day Italy. Festival goers could do fun things such as sample a wide variety of Italian foods, crafts made in Italy, pictures on a fabricated gondola ride and much more. Game popular in Italy such as Bocca, face painting made this a kid friendly event as well. The Fresh Market is an area that allowed purchase of fresh mozzarella cheese, various Italian patriotic items.
I did learn some interesting facts about Italy.
* Rome was founded in 476 AD
* Pizza was invented in Naples around 1860
* Milan is the second largest city in Italy
* The ice cream cone was invented by Italians
My Meatball and Pepperoni Roll! The Meatball was the best ever!
Made in Italy! Lots of great info about Italian Culture
I got a great lesson on the uniforms worn by soldiers in Ancient Rome!
