Under the Big Top

All through the month of May, the Florilegio Ghiaccio Circus was in Beirut. We were lucky enough to catch one of their last performances. There were tightrope walkers (who frankly terrified me) a lion & tiger tamer, crocodile wrestler, a clown, and much more.

Photos weren't allowed during the show, so I took this one before everything started. Eventually they lowered that metal ball and four motorcyclists (on full size bikes) piled in and defied death zooming around in there at unpardonable speeds.
My husband and kids liked it. I'm glad we went. But next time I might opt to stay behind. I don't like that in so many of the acts I felt quite certain that the performers could, at any moment, die a horrible death.