Fasching in Munich
"Fasching" is translated in English in one word as "Carnival" and in a sentence: "the-reason-Germans-found-to-get drunk- and-have fun-on-streets-(LEGALLY!!!)-for-a week-outside-Oktoberfest".
Yep, I know it sounds harsh, but ... Germans are just very strange sometimes.
Now they are as cold as ice, then it's "Fasching" and you actually have to "swim" through the crowd to get from one place to the other.
One time they are as hard as possible, next they go to a pub and have beer with 1 liter mugs.
But no more talking about these, right?
Everybody is trying to have fun differently :)
Trainees have to have fun, it's a rule!
... so did I. On last fasching's day it was half day off work and out to party at ...noooooooooon!
Anyways, the whole thing looks like a national holiday. People out everywhere, lots of beer and sausages, really cool outfits, good mood (too good mood I'd dare say :P) and generally a nice atmosphere.
And, also some AIESEC members and trainees in Munich had to chill out and check it out, right?
Now, we could not have missed this, could we?
More is to be seen at:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2130702633&code=14552059
&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite
!!! Mind the 2-lines link :) & ...
Enjoy!
Kris
3 Comments:
we, the freakish Germans, are allowed to have fun and get drunken on the street all year through ... only don't make use of that right very often, sadly enough.
and you better would have come to Cologne for the real Karneval. What the folks in Bavaria call Fasching is a bitter excuse for a little bit of weirdness, whereas Karneval in Cologne is a way of life.
great to have found your blog!!
Hi Thomas,
Nice to hear from you.Please write me :)
Seems like my staying in Germnay extended until October since in May I'll start the 2nd traineeship in Stuttgart with Hewlett Packard.
see ya around,
Kris
My last name is Fasching. My grandfather immigrated from Austria in 1900 and the Americans dropped the C out of it when he arrived at Ellis Island. He didn't argue and kept it without the C. I think its a great last name!
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