Thursday, February 18, 2010

Carnival Time

We visited good friends--we'd spent five years together in Japan--in The Netherlands on Sunday.  It happened to be the day of the year when cities and towns host their own "Carnaval" parades, which tend to be--in true Carnival fashion--wildly-creative, silly, and fun.  Merkelbeek's celebration didn't disappoint; the village parade came right down the street in front of our friends' house, so that was an unexpected treat for us.















The beer was flowing, but everyone behaved, at least temporarily.  I would say a good time was had by all, wouldn't you?

9 comments:

RMb said...

what a beautiful blog you have! these pictures are great; that looks like it was a lot of fun. :)

figwittage said...

i've heard german carnival's are loads of fun! my german teacher in high school really liked them :) i would love to be in germany for ocktoberfest some year... :)

Unknown said...

Ooooh - that looks like fun!! (little cold though)!!

Celestial Charms said...

Looks like fun to me! Love the hair on everyone.
Maureen

vmichelle said...

I love random things like this. So fun to imagine them making their costumes!

Little Chicks Info said...

How fun to see your fun celebrating...and it's amazing to be blog sharing with someone across the world! Thanks for visiting my blog..I'm so happy with Happy's design! I signed up to follow you, darling blog! Keep it up!

ashlina {the decorista} said...

fun pics...thanks for sharing. i always imagined traveling and the different carnivals...im definitely missing out on the good times i guess!

;)

xo
ashlina

Jolie Rosie said...

Thank you for following my blog, nice to meet you. I am going to spend sometime to read your posts.

Jolie Rosie

Catherine said...

Thanks for coming on my blog.Nice carnival pictures!

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