The last few days in Koeln have been fabulously sunny and even a little warm. It is amazing that you can feel the happiness in the air. People smile at each other (or I imagine them smiling-- I have an active imagination). It has been simply delightful to ride my bike around town.
To catch you up on the end of the Krazy Karneval, we went to the "Umzug" (Parade) last Monday, but the weather was AWFUL! It rained almost the whole time, so Jeremy and I kept ducking into the cafe nearby to warm up and stay out of the blasted rain. The floats are all pretty similar (and the whole thing lasted 5 HOURS)-- lots of giant paper-mache (too lazy to look up the proper spelling) giant people doing German things, marching bands, and some people riding horses. On most of the floats, they throw candy, and one is supposed to yell "Karmelle!!!" to get them to throw candy to you. Some enterprising people hang out of their windows with upside-down umbrellas on strings to catch the candy. They also throw flowers, but if you get one, you should give or blow the person a kiss. We actually didn't go to the burning of the scarecrows because it was at 11pm (I had German class the next day-- NERD!), and we were kind of over the whole Karneval thing by then.
I just found out that I will be dancing in a baroque ballet pantomime in Nürnberg next month! Yipee for work! It's with a choreographer I have never met, but I was recommended for the gig by the choreographer I worked with in Italy last year. Thank heavens the baroque world is so small.
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I'm jealous - you've had sunny days! It's coldddddd here. -17F wind chill so I am not going outside.
Congratulations on the gig!
Everyone is Cologne is reacting to the sunshine by wandering around in a state of happy, stunned disbelief. Some cafes have actually put tables outside!! People around here know that you have to grab the opportunity when it presents itself.
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