Friday, March 14, 2008

Fastnacht...

Jimmy had been to Mardi Gras twice in New Orleans back in the 80s, but that didnt prepare him for what we saw or in this case, didnt see. There were no women flashing for beads or drunks peeing in the bushes. In fact there was no decadence at all. Of course, to help make up for the lack of vomiting spectators, the above spinning wheel could easily cause these participants to spew instead.
Afterwards, we headed into the oldest part of Freiburg (90% of this town was destroyed during WWII--the Germans accidentally dropped 60 bombs in 1940, then the Allies followed up in 1944) to go to a microbrewery. As you can see, Bill loaned us his goofy hats so he wouldnt have to wear one.

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