The big celebration begins on a Thursday and ends on a Monday. Thursday was a big night here. The streets of the alt stadt were full of people. There was music playing in the streets and everyone was in costume. My friend Eugenia came up from Italy to join me in the festivities.
Friday was a more relaxed day. Not as many people were in costume. I was happy this day because My friend Meredith who is an au pair in Switzerland right now, came up with her friend Heidi to visit.
Saturday was a bigger day. There was meant to be a street party and more people dressed up in costume. We all dressed up on Saturday. Another one of my friends had some of his good friends down from England so we all joined up.
Sunday Meredith and Heidi had to head back to Zurich. I had hoped for Sunday to be a calm day, but it wasn't. Once again people were in the streets and ready to party.
Monday was the last day of Carnival ( which was relieving). There was a big parade. It was an ok parade, I personally think that the rose festival parade could blow this one out of the water, but I may be a little biased. All of the floats were pulled by large tractors which was kind of strange to see. I hadn't really been associating Dusseldorf with tractors.
On Tuesday there was absolutely nothing going on. I think that everyone was still recovering form the long weekend. I didn't blame them. My host family did not return until very late on Tuesday night. They had gone on a trip to Austria during the Carnival celebrations. It was nice to be able to just relax in the house during the day. I didn't have to worry about anything. It was nice. Carnival was a really fun experience. I don't know that I could do it again anytime soon though.
Some of the guys.
Meredith Heid and I.
Mark and I. I found a place in Dusseldorf that has Munich style beer, served in pints.
Katie and I.
Eugenia and I.
Looks like fun!!!
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