Dancing Eastern Europeans

When I left the Today Show set, there was a tremendous clamor. Fifteen men, clad in red and white, most with moustaches, most smoking cigars, began prancing through the piazza. (Aside: has everyone looked at this site? Please do.)

The men all wore dark jeans and massive leather belts. On the front of the belts were enormous cowbells. (I trust someone to write in and correct every bit of terminology in this post, and to explain what I was watching.) They pranced about the piazza in a slow, snaking line. All the Americans bearing dumb signs immediately peeled off from the Today Show set and began following these guys around, taking photos and videos. The noise was immense. The guys looked slightly bored. Some were drinking some liquid from flasks. I'm guessing it wasn't 7-Up, but who knows. They snaked and pranced their way out of the piazza and down a side street.

Washingtonpost.com gave me a digital video camera just in case I happened across any bizarrely colorful scenes during my time in Turin. The camera was sitting on my desk back at the office while I watched the prancing moustachioed men wearing cow bells around their waists snake their way through Piazza San Carlo.

By Dan Steinberg |  February 10, 2006; 12:18 PM ET
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