Thursday, March 19, 2009

Carnivale in Strasbourg

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (videos to be added)

We went again this year!

Waiting for the tram. I didn't want to try to park downtown and it usually saves us the fuss of having to walk back to the car (since there are multiple trams stops downtown).

A lot of children dressed up. Davina wore her flapper dress.

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I let the kids go up front with the other children. The adults mainly stayed back, except for the little ones who got scared by the witches.

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A lot of the German entries featured witches. These were hairy ones;

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These witches had wigs;

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This float was making some sort of anti-American comment, which was lost on me.

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Ironically, the fake money they glued on the float was actually Chinese fake money, the kind they burn at funerals.

Wooden witches!

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Europe's entry to DCI;

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We ran into two school chums of Ronnie's. Inés on the right is half Alsatian, half Moroccan and Konstance has a German dad and a Spanish mother. These are real Andulsian costumes her mom picked up in Spain. They're best friends, both of them only children, live near each other and I'm friends with both of their moms. They always make such a pretty pair, especially with the contrast.

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