My 2013 Fasching Experience

So, prior to Lent each year in Germany, there’s a big celebration called Fasching.

Fasching is packed with parades, parties, people, costumes, and well, a good deal of beer for some people.  It’s like a tame Mardi Gras.  Sort of.

My kids were in the parade this year with their Boy/Girl Scout groups.  You can see Ryan and I in the picture above, waiting for the parade to start.  We kept our costumes simple:  mustaches.

Ryan and the other little dudes fired candy to the people we passed.  A few pieces inadvertently struck bystanders unawares, mostly yielding laughter, but there was a scowl or two.  I stood behind them, making sure things didn’t get out of hand, soaking up the admiring looks that my mustache was drawing from the crowds.

 

 

 

My girls (above) enjoyed it, too.  They were up front with my wife (behind the camera).  By the way…you might think it’s a costume, but my daughter Jax wears that Wolf hat everywhere – she loves it – and people chuckle good-naturedly everywhere we go.

Song of the day: Gangnam Style.  Every other float was playing it.  Yeah, I danced to it – I’m old now – I can get away with it.

It was a good time, even if it was a little cold (28F).  That didn’t stop some people from carting those tall, bar tables out to the roadside and setting up shop with beers and friends.  Oh, yeah, and they don’t do that whole “earning beads” bit here.  A little cold for that, I imagine

Most important of all…I’m psyched up for Mustache March.

Happy Fasching!