We decided
to buy 2 tickets to Lucca on that rainy afternoon at Stazione Firenze
S.M.N. The next day would be our first trip to explore another medieval town in Tuscany, Lucca.
That next
morning of November 1st, 2012 we arrived at the station by bus and bumped into some Chinese tourists with
their bulky cameras, a notebook sized of i-Pads and camera phones. Near them
were two Italian girls, one of them dressed up in devilish Halloween costume;
one of the Chinese man, laughed and tapped the girl with the costume on her shoulder,
asked if he could take photos with her. The girl laughed and let all those
Chinese tourists surrounded her, posed for them and enjoyed her moment being
"a star" with “fans”.
We laughed
and quickly ran to the platform to check the announcement board with all
itinerary schedules. We finally got on the right train, only amazed to find the
train was so full with young people, not only that, some of them looked
extremely strange as they dressed up in Halloween costumes. Some even painted
their faces into skeleton look. We thought, of course it’s Halloween and
apparently it’s a big event in Italy. Young people proudly walked around in
their weird devilish costumes celebrating Halloween, schools had some special
events to celebrate it and encouraged their students to actively participate.
