Carnival in Venice

It has been a rather hectic week what with cheering for the Super Bowl, attending the Carnaval at Rio, visiting Socks for a hunt and house party and hurrying to join my sissies Asta and Sassy for Tia’s surprise birthday party. Hence, this is a rather late post for our time in Venice.

While we were in Rio, we thought we would take in the Venice Carnival since we were in a carnival mood. Karl and Ruis enthusiastically agreed to join us there. The word went around, Mrs Oz, Emil, Percy, Charlie (my NOMSS friend), Socks and his sisters, Scylla and Charybdis, also decided to come. So the original Rio contingent of Sassy, Asta, Opus and Roscoe sallied forth to Venice to meet our friends there.

Venice was crowded with merry-makers and there was a shortage of gondoliers. So, being a very versatile kitty, I rented the last of the gondolas and ferried my friends around. Here is Sassy, Ruis and Karl, all wearing their fancy masks, sitting in my gondola sailing on the Grand Canal.

Front - Ruis and Karl, second row, Sassy and Momo, the gondolier, at the back.
Photo by Karl and edited by Momo

I did tell these trusting souls to say their prayers before getting into my gondola. Luckily the boat didn’t capsize and I got them safely to the Square to meet our friends who have all decked out splendidly for the festival.

However, when there were too many of us to fit into the small boat that I rented, we had to cajoule the nice man with the bigger gondola to ferry us all to the venue. After all, I could really steer with my costume and headgear on. If I had, all of us would have ended up IN the Canal before the photo was taken.

This is me trying out the masks made for me by Pyewacket’s mom before I left home. Which do you like?

Here are some of my photos in Venice, but do visit Karl, Sassy, Asta, Charlie, Socks and Opus and Roscoe to see what they were up to.

This is Charlie and me

This is Socks and me by the Canal on our way to the ball.

Sassy, Opus and Roscoe taking a balcony vantage point to watch the parade. Photo by Sassy.


My sissy Momo-dog and Pinot decided to join us at the last minute. Isn't Pinot just too cute in constume? Momo was being the responsible big sister and looked after him the whole time they were there. This was, after all, his first time away at a big carnival.

This is a group shot taken by Karl in front of our apartment. The others have gone on ahead.

left to right: Karl, Ruis, Momo, Asta, Charlie, Emil. Sassy seated in front.

Do you like my costumes? Visit Charlie, she has some splendid ones.

Oh my gosh, who do I see here? My beautiful cousin Charlotte!


Hey, Charly, did you tell your SMS that you were coming here. We don't want her to start a cathunt and mobilize the entire Cat Blogosphere over your disappearance again!