A parade on Thursday last week, followed by one on Monday this week, can only mean one thing: Carnival!
That last link will give you the Wikipedia version of what Carnival is all about (the first two will take you to my photos of the festivities), but here’s my run down: it’s like Halloween, but not. Instead of just kids dressing up, almost everybody does. Instead of parading door to door asking for candy, people in the parade throw candy to you. Instead of it being a cool October evening, it’s a cold February day.
At least that’s how it works here in this part of Germany.
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