What an awesome post! That looks like so much fun, I would have loved to have been there too! It's fun to go to festivals like that and appreciate all the tradition. I had never heard of Heidi before until I Googled it and found out about the show from back in 1978. You must have been really young when that show was televised, I think we're the same age. Assuming the 72 refers to a birth year!

What a great getaway from the heat of Rome in summer. I prefer Rome in spring or fall personally!
!LUV