Faschings, Fassenacht, Karneval!!
Carnival is underway and Mainz is like the capital of Carnival (along with Cologne). It goes back to the french occupation of Mainz under the rule of Napoleon. It's all about criticising social and political injustices... by getting really drunk and dressing up in costumes apparently. Actually many costumes mock the the french uniforms of the past. Monday is the biggest day of Carnival; it's called "Rosenmontag" and there's a huge parade through the city and the streets are packed with like 500,000 people. I haven't decided if I'm going to go watch the parade first hand because I'm not a big fan of really really big crowds but we'll see.
Gestern Abend gab es ein Fassenacht party in meinen Wohnheim. Hier sind manche Fotos:
Ich, und meine guten Freunde Dennis, Nadine, und Rene
Zufällige Teufels:
Ein Freund von mir, Peter. Ein sehr nett Typ auf jeden Fall.
Mein Nachbar Andreas und ein Freund von ihm.
Dennis tanzend mit einer Teufelin
Am Freitag fliege ich nach Venedig (Venice)... freut mich sehr darauf. Und dann später im März werde ich nach Wien (Vienna) und Prag (Prague) reisen.
Übrigens, habe ich gerade das Ergebnis das Kansas gegen Texas Spiel gesehen.... Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, was ist denn loss mit ihnen. Ich bin einfach total enttäuscht. Warum muß Sie mich so verletzte!
posted by Zarathustra at 9:33 AM
4 Comments:
Looks like you're having a good time in those pics.
Hey I invited you to join our new blog at Jayhawknation.blogspot.com.
If you want to hear about the rest of KU's season and any other exploits, we'll be doing it there.
You can post too if you take the invite.
cool. I'll check it out. By the way, what the hell was wrong with Kansas in the Texas game?
well, this probably just embarrasses me, as it shows that my German is not so good, but I think the web translation of your KU comment is pretty funny:
"By the way, I have the straight result the Kansas against Texas play seen.... Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, which is loss with them. I am simply totally disappointed. Why must you me in such a way hurt!"
at least you have your sexy teufels to comfort you in this time of distress . . .
who knows, maybe it'll be a loss that helps the team, um, "grow" or whatever folks say . . .
I sent you an e-mail that you gotta click on the link to accept.
In TX game, I think Yancy's article on JayhawkNation explained it all.
It was the Ball!!!
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