Thursday, November 8, 2012

Carnival??

Oh dear...they're already practicing for Sunday...which is when the practicing starts?? Nov 11 in Holland is when Carnival officially starts. Or rather, it's when they begin preparing for Carnival; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_in_Germany,_Switzerland_and_Austria
Here's a link to last year, which was 11/11/11! http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/clowns-and-drunks-go-wild-1111
It's also St. Martin's Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Day#Austria.2C_Belgium.2C_Germany_and_Netherlands

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