Friday, February 27, 2009

The last few days - Germany, February 09

On Sunday morning we had planned to go to Reutlingen to visit Matze, Jutta and Oscar, but the road conditions were crappy.



So we put Amy to work instead :-)



We had lunch in the Alte Muehle in Waldbeuren with my mom, my uncle Fritz and his wife Maria



Our rental car was an Audi A3



After lunch we went on a run in the snow



Running on snow like this is a bit like running on sand



On Sunday afternoon we visited my friend Helmut and Angelika and they have this adorable Podenco dog named Perla.



I love those ears



The Rottweiler Narrensprung starts on Monday morning at 8am with several riders on horses. With the weather being somewhat iffy, I decided to watch with Amy and not make my costume dirty.



A short clip of the Narrensprung



Two Schantle are sharing a story



This Federhannes is smaller than the kids he is approaching



This Fransenkleid and the tiny Gschell are about to pass out some candy



A Schantle reaching out and down, and yes, that is rain on the mask.



My mom and I



A few Federhannes figures scheming



Amy enjoyed a Gluehwein during the parade



Another clip from the Narrensprung



Several Federhannes are seen here working here as a team



My niece Sara Nina loved the experience



This Schantle costume must be quite old. It has a tag from 1930 on it. These yellow and black tag show what years the costume participated.



One of the 7 or 8 Benner Roessle (2 herders with a "horse" and its rider) in action. They are at the beginning and the end of the Narrensprung.



A clip of the Roessle doing what they do best



A complete family of Narren after the Narrensprung



When I pulled out the camera, this young "guys" immediately struck a pose



We had a mellow day on Fat Tuesday and noticed a big herd of sheep on our way to Ravensburg



We had our last lunch in Germany at the Cafe Central in Ravensburg



Amy also enjoyed an Apfelsaft Schorle in the Cafe Central



And just as it started, the Ostracher Fasnet ends with a fire on Fat Tuesday night. But this times the witch gets burned and the other witches are beside themselves.

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