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Fasching is Past

Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Retired-Ed in Daily Life

A sure sign that winter is on the wane is when Fasching season finishes. This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. That means that the few days before were wild here in Europe (and also in New Orleans). Yes, it was Fasching…or Mardi Gras…or Fat Tuesday…or Carnevale…or Carnival…or whatever you call it. There were Fasching parades throughout Europe. Many of my former colleagues went to Venice for Carnevale. By the way, my misspent time in high school Latin class tells me that “Carnevale” means “goodbye to meat”. That harkens back, of course, to a time when the Christian faithful would eschew meat for Lent. I have given up creme de menthe sundaes. Naturally, as a diabetic, I never eat them, but it sounds good.

I celebrated the big day on Tuesday by going to the Fasching parade in Schweinfurt. It can’t compare to most of the other cities around. A friend and her husband went to Croatia, and she told me that the parade in whatever city she was visiting lasted 4 hours! Mine lasted 45 minutes. What can I say? Anyway, I took some pictures which I will share now.

The citizens turned out in small droves

But things got a little “buggy” even before it started

We had floats with elves…

and drunks

and pretty girls…

horses…

people with “the clap”

musicians…

even John Deere made an appearance…

…pulling a wacky float (scrap metal press)

my little village had a float

more pretty girls…

more drunks…

some illegal immigrants…

but when all was said and done…

Of course, there was much more, but enough is enough. I’ve bored you with enough pictures to last for a while. And besides, I need to get this published so I can go over to the Queen’s computer and begin downloading her tv show  from iTunes.

Retired-Ed

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One Response to “Fasching is Past”

  1. Sue Says:
    February 28th, 2010 at 7:40 am

    You are never boring Ed! Great pics. I love reading about German traditions.

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