Fasching 2017

 I Love Fasching!

  

 We went down to the Chinese fasching parade in Dietfurt.

 Great costumes. Great floats. Lots of candy.

 It was fun to see the different personalities of this crew.  One ate everything that was dropped. One ran around picking up all the candy.  One stood around and waited for candy to be placed in her bag.  And the last one had mommy open up all her candy.  

The crew.

 All the loot. 

 Wnother day we went to the fasching parade in Velburg.  It was smaller, but still just as fun.

Love the Trump jokes!

 Kate had a fasching party at her kindergarten.  She wanted to be a princess, but they were supposed to be a forest animal.  We made her Sven from Frozen and she seemed mostly content.  

 This is Kate's best friend from school.

Cologne and Fasching

Germany celebrates what is called Fasching or Karnival.  It is very similar to Mardi Gras.  We drove up to Cologne as I heard it is the best place to celebrate the holiday.  It was really fun!

 The famous love lock bridge into the city.

 On Sunday, it was beautiful and warm.  The parade was geared towards children. We got lots of candy. On Monday (also Kate's birthday), it was cold.  Really, really cold.  The parade was geared towards political propaganda.  We got TONS of candy, stuffed animals, flowers, and toys.  

View of the Dom.

 Our loot.

Kate and I went to a parade with a few of our friends- the Deitfurt Chinese Fasching.  You are supposed to dress up in Halloween costumes.  Most people wear jumper costumes, which makes since as it is FREEZING!