A Visitor from the US

I've got a visitor from the US this week.  It's Flat Stanley!!!

If you'd like to follow Flat Stanley's adventures in Tuebingen, you can check out his blog here.

Tuebingen Fasnetsumzug

I'll write more about the parade later, but for now, here are the photos and a couple of notes on the day:

1.  It snowed for a good chunk of the first half of the parade, but that didn't stop anyone from enjoying themselves.  It kinda reminded me of the time we went to see the Macy's Thanksgiving parade with my grandmother - though it was wetter because of the rain and there was a lot more complaining (then, not today).

2.  German children are not afraid of scary people in freaky masks.  Maybe because they're used to seeing it every year.  I'm not sure.  But in the US if people with whacked out witches masks were roaming the streets terrorizing people, children would be crying and someone would be arrested.  Not so in Germany.

3. The Germans are a hearty people.  See notes 1 and 2.