{"id":855,"date":"2009-06-20T15:34:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T21:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:25:53","slug":"our-last-day-par-tot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/20\/our-last-day-par-tot\/","title":{"rendered":"Our last day &#8211; PAR TOT!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On our last day in Italy we unexpectedly found ourselves in the middle of a huge event called &#8220;Par Tot&#8221; (meaning &#8220;For All&#8221;). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:65% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"351\" src=\"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/patnmikepartot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6535 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/patnmikepartot.jpg 478w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/patnmikepartot-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I had a great vantage point standing on the edge of the Neptune fountain, joined by our friend Patrick from MN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s me with the camera to the right of Patrick (guy in the while t-shirt). The perfect location for the fliming the video below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a city wide event of costumes, music, dancing, floats, jugglers, stilt walkers, and&#8230; you name it! They began forming up in Piazza Marjorie mid-afternoon and started down the street for a mile long parade a few hours later, ending up in a park for after dark activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a fantastic way to end our stay in Italy, and it would be worth a return trip just for this event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For best experience go to FULL SCREEN. Warning &#8211; one hour and fifteen minutes in length!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you get bored with the pre-event activities, skip ahead to about the 15 minute mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PARTOT 2009 Bologna\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/301267851?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<center><b>Use the keyboard or on-screen arrows to flip through these additional photos below<\/b><\/center>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/1118061@N22\/pool\/' title='Partot Parata 2009'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2522\/5852232386_bd618e8817.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Par Tot Parata, Bologna, june 2011'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our last day in Italy we unexpectedly found ourselves in the middle of a huge event called &#8220;Par Tot&#8221; (meaning &#8220;For All&#8221;). 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