Why is there a tractor parade?

Saturday June 6

So it’s a crazy day at Lignano and I'm watching Elia during the day too because they were understaffed at the bar. (tons of kids attacking the “icecream truck in a box”)

So apparently the commune di Arezzo (they manage parco di Lignano) is hosting a nature day of some sort. I don’t know what or why it entails the following but there are:

Archeology sites set up for the kids

A display of all the commune work vehicles (four wheelers, trucks, etc)

3 tractors (kids can play on them)

Guys in tights twirling flags to the drums (also wearing tights)… (like the one previously shown and mentioned at the Medieval Festival)

Arts and crafts – given a slab of clay to etch into and paint. Elia wodded his up, rolled it around in the dirt, and stuck it with rocks and sticks. An artistic masterpiece.

So Elia is coocoo for coco puffs over tractors. It is pretty much all we talk about or play with. So my day was spent hoisting him up into the drivers seats of each of the 3 tractors. (tin tins in Elia language) I then stand there while he makes “put put put” noises until he decides he needs to relocate to the next tin tin. This has made his day so I'm happy.

alice and Elia with a tin tin

I did get him to sit and watch the flag twirlers for a bit but it wasn’t long before it was just “tin tin…tin tin….tin tin” Ok. Back to the tractors.

watching grown men run around in tights