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to the famous carnival of venice and will travel to nice in france to watch the flow parade because each country has its own unique seditions didn't get on during college though no one leaves how without costs you at least a bit of make up a whole week even if you're just heading to the supermarket kill o'connell it's known for its what partying in the streets writes no life to suspend it's really about the city and lots of people take time off from work in order to join the fun round the clock and the committed ravello just start early in the morning so let's dive right in for all of you don't know quite what awaits you here are some facts on the cologne count of 00 so. the colorful season begins on nov 11th and love still ash wednesday. in cologne the rest is a cold yet can and they shout. i lov. during

carnival some $300.00 carnival societies in cologne hold over a 1000 folds and sessions they include fun music costumes tongue in cheek speeches and traditional kon of all songs. the official st konovalov starts the thursday before ash wednesday and brings in the principal phase of the festivities the thursday belongs to the women revelers so men be where the women catch off the men's ties and give them a little kiss boots here to make up for it. this is the time of the conical parades they reached a climax with the rose monday parade a tradition dating back to 1823. today colognes parade is the biggest in germany

the several 100000 spectators are rewarded with shall is of candy. condensed famous carnival means fun for all of us every year it's all over an ash wednesday when lent 40 days of fasting begins. cutting up neckties as a rich addition here at the cologne con of all it dates back to an era where women when not allowed to take part that's no fun and so they started to rebel and for one day they revoked the power of man by cutting off their ties and this ritual is upheld to this day so it's here for you men out there in kenya and if you go out today with a tie on don't expect it to look the same when you get back there are a lot of women in crazy costumes running around with scissors so watch out.

now in comparison to the colonial connell the con of all in venice is a bit more sad and a bit more posh. once a year venice becomes even more magical than it normally. i lowered my perfect weekend coming to you from the car while in venice. this tradition dates back to the middle ages but today's version represents the life in the 18th century i let myself get lost in the alleyways. for her answer any and everything opened what are you. going to charge me. for. the center of carnival activities in st mark's square. people from all over the world gather here one job well we're going. to

be very active where you're proud may be planning and think you should say yeah well. one of the most important accessories during this time is of course of a mission mass. and i would like to learn more about this tradition. and for that i visit the studio of georgia. he's been working as a mask maker for over 30 years and shows me how to get started why are they worn how did this tradition start. because just. for 15 every people out of the same. because we all know you can know if you are reaching or poor or if you. leave your beautiful

beautiful. the court jester and the playing doctor masks are the most popular. this is my shopping tip a mask as a souvenir. i make my way back to st mark's square navigating because narrow alleyways to venice can be quite challenging i think in this way you know maybe i think it might be this way just to put it. in the evenings think mark's square is transformed into a big open air stage i decide to take in the sights and the grand cafe quadri where i order something typically venetian believe me this peach flavored cocktail with prozac was invented in venice and is my colon area for a perfect weekend. the 2nd day of my perfect weekend begins with a thief in the nation must. be going just. a little done

to bust below is one of venice's oldest gondoliers some school in. the back can now suddenly become very narrow and crowded this is my 1st finish and traffic jam. gondolas have a long history in venice. it's a fog. no one. this is the 1st. we make our way to the famous reale toll bridge on the grand canal taking a gondola ride as my activity took for a perfect weekend. back on st mark's square a costume competition is underway for the day's winner has been chosen. now it's time for me to get into my own cost you a masquerade ball is on at the hotel down yelling this evening. fabio momo keeps an

eye out to be sure all the guests are appropriately dressed. just a little history since it started the carnival of venice go ahead until b. and o. be 18th century til the end of the initial republic that is stops in few of us and starts again 40 years ago in 1980 s. and the mind of the people breweries the car they've all been great carnival or viendo would be 18 century. now my transformation can begin it takes the better part of an hour to get laced in and mass in the end i can't even recognise myself now i'm all dressed and ready to. go for the party begins i test my new look on the streets of venice and draw the attention of several onlookers. back in the hotel danieli the master of ceremonies has begun receiving the guests.

2 professional dancer shows against the steps to an 18th century minuet. dancer they were teens is not that easy and constantly changing partners means you really have to keep on your toes but still this is my special tips for a perfect weekend. and this wraps up my perfect weekend from credible and joining me again. in fact warnings finding european destinations and until then it's happened. oh well. i write in the mid south of the hostel and boss of the cologne carnival the costumes here are very funny in trays of a lot of them are just improvised and you can see that the revelers really enjoy putting the costumes together well and they show with

a great sense of humor and no one takes things too seriously it's fun to just watch all the people go by and the funny costumes and believe me he won't get bored you might notice that a lot of people are wearing a red and white thing those are the colors of the colones coat of arms so talking about costumes so who are you know what are you wearing my name is lee joe i'm from cologne and i'm wearing your costume while grays and you who are you while you wearing i'm from cologne this well and i'm wearing a frida kahlo coaster you're really looking stunning so and how important is comical for you well i like carnival a lot because people are pretty very very friendly and very open to each other so i like and love. and action outside every year i'm getting more and more comfortable with carnival and i enjoy it very much can you imagine a convo without

a cost you know no that's an economy. so thank you so much and have a wonderful day yeah thank you bye bye and a different kind of tradition that has existed for hundreds of years in the city of you yet in croatia it's one of the european capitals of culture in 2020 so let's see what the city has. also add it's come out of all. this fun job or the bell ring is look at this intimidating and they should if they're going to drive out winter and everything evil these savage looking creatures have come from 10 different european countries for the carnival in chav lane near reoccur croatia. the animal heads and real skins are like something from another era. church army. we might call our costumes also the fellows to whom we have to buy the

skins we attach them to their dress with a bit of clue something else. this year the festivities are passive or you could 2020 the programme for the city's year as the european capital of culture created was once a key port an industrial town now it's redefining itself as a center of the arts the focus is on the porch with its elegant facades from the hops book monarchy right behind them the prefabs from the communist era the port embodied the spirit of the city. i like it like this view i like the sea i like the cranes you know it's a symbol of our city recovers the famous harbor and always open to everything what's new and this culture thing that happened like european culture is just like continuing to that. tiny a small area is an actress doing reac a 2020 she has alternative tours of the city.

first she hits into the old town in ancient times romans all specifically roman soldiers were based here a special view it takes you back in time. for us it's opened just a few years. go. from there and we hear hear some music shows and theater work i also did hear one soul and it's called donkey heart. millstones from what used to be the biggest paper factory now form a fountain sculpture. reeva seems to be in a constant state of change evidence of the city's checkered history can be seen everywhere but visitors have to like walking. curiously this church stands

between a police station and a prison. thing about this place is how the men. men's are in jail it used to came here and then the very there are letters from down to them up like you know writing them something in the. police. at the next corner it's time to go underground. now and to treat the earth like we have this town oh it's 300 meters long and it's built like from the in the beginning of the 2nd world war to protect people from bonding and now it's a place where we can have some party you know the best parties are. in the 1920 s. radiator was an expose fascist italy and later occupied by the germans during world war 2 the city experienced extensive allied bombing signs from that era survived

right across from present day graffiti. up from the depths into the bustling marketplace any weekday morning shoppers can buy mostly regional produce here. seafood fresh from the adriatic is sold in the market all built in art nouveau style. religious characters expressed in an art installation john. together colorful and a bit rusty it's a tribute to a famous painter. his name is boyer of the church and he did like this picture this is his work or his work he's always making us. happy it has something child used in it so we like it the ship is one of his typical motives and you see there is a lot of different colors in it it is like. diversity.

it is the start of a city which react to wants to convey the program ranges from the traditional to the evan god to neighborhood projects but 1st it's time to celebrate conical in style. here and get down there are so many parades everyone knows the famous rose monday parade of course there was more tax on soak with its hundreds of floats but how about the young fun where parades would just passing by right now it proves that the cologne carnival even has a romantic sight young from there was a general who according to legend fell in love with the shoots a leg is eat and that's a kind of a local romeo and juliet story also no happy ending so no kisses for them but luckily there are so many other plenty more ways to get yourself a good seal which is

a kiss hearing pillow so one way is to give it all to get to this year and those are the little flower cases that are handed out in exchange for a kiss so long for each. well in the end no one's really can say. without flowers are just one little element of the clone carnival that in france at the carnival in east they play really a major role there are thousands of flowers thrown in. into the public it's literally flower power. the carnival queen heads the power parade that opens carnival in nice 16 lever sleek decorated floats make their way through the city on the coaches are spreading the delicate to rome or of the bright yellow. huge numbers a florist have been busy at work here. as it was i'm relieved at the same time completely excited it's the 1st time i've seen the decorated floats in the

parade and it's a fantastic intensive feeling. of all the many types of flowers the most is the alpha blossom. the flower girl's hand bunches of them to the on lookers by the 1000. of the most is the region symbol it stands for the sun and the coat is a. the night before the parade roars nicole barbie and her team work into the night decorating the floats the flowers have to be as fresh as possible. the flower parade was 1st held in 1906 as publicity for the region's flower growers almost all of the flowers come from nice and the surrounding area the resigns and colors of the floats are decided long in advance. but if you focus as soon as the superstructures arrive we will sit down together with one big team and everyone says what they think sometimes we argue. on occasion it can get pretty loud because

we might have different ideas. on the morning of the flower parade the cost one last guy over the night's work she takes special care with the queen's float. oh look they've already brought the mimosas that's cool they'll go on the queen's float they've already opened up so handing them to the onlookers will be a joyous moment. oh i love these fragments. the most is are the 1st harbingers of spring on the co-designer they start blooming in december in fact the mimosa originated in australia. it was 1st brought to southern france 200 years ago and it thrives in the warm and humid climate here. the

blossoming twigs are always cut by hand so the gardeners have plenty to do until late march. 21 tons are passed out to the public during carnival as a spring greeting from the cote d'azur. but that's not the end of it after the parade the floats are planted and all the flowers handed out to the public down to the last blossom. the festival turns into a free for all. but nicole bobby has no regrets on the contrary. 7 it's a battle of the flowers everybody has to go home with ok we know that to be honest that's the nicest pot. after the battle is before the next battle soon

bobbie and her team will have to get down to work and decorate the floats all over again because the parade of flowers passes through me a total of 5 times. so welcome back to the cologne con of only behind me you can see the curtain a dome all cologne cathedral conover years not just about costumes singing and so waving to the music it's also about a special type of beer yeah but the revelers can. via phone culture alone for anyone who feels like having a tree these typical carnival specialties are just the thing they are cold here they are mutts in london and they're made of almonds so you can get on almost every corner one of those spikes and just as always carry a little bag of them along so for a snack and they really quite special. tiny

tasty and time honored mandela the deep fried pastries sell like hotcakes during carnival for good raisins. but also it has to be crispy on the outside or not too soft on the inside because it has to absorb a lot of carnival you drink culture so you've got to have a mandolin your pocket it's ideal for carrying around with you during carnival it's very traditional for. some of the callers bakeries still make their own. those main ingredients are flour ground almonds melted butter and mossy pan all mixed together with sugar and eggs. then cream in a shuttle from go into the mix. then it's left to stand overnight to make it fluffy and full of aroma. was the monster manual got the name because they look like omens

and contain lots of almonds and actually for the most part they consist of almonds . the pastry is deep fried in oil heated to $170.00 degrees celsius the golden brown calorie bombs packed $500.00 kilo calories per 100 grams. i think everyone has to watch their own calories most revellers will be fasting during lent until easter anyway and i think they know why. the treats used to be fried mostly in lard but today in vegetable oil to many other staple carnival treats the rule is the fatter the better. kind of. carnival is the time before lent everywhere in the world where carnival is celebrated. it's a time before you're not supposed to weak certain things and above all things hide

the fact and find interesting parts of it because the rich pastries are not only an essential part of conical in cologne many of the german and european conical capitals have traditional takes traits of their own all with different names in southwestern germany these curtain doble so-called norman fits the spanish cannibals featured on us to vienna. next week in the crazy days in italy the world famous carnival of venice presents takes to get lanny and check here to polish travelers enjoyed walking in the run land the same plan pastries a cold woods and better. yet another pleasurable they all had the same problem before lent all of the groceries had to be used up so you might as well make something tasty out of the common he was like oh it was my. pecan of the season kicks off in cologne on less than that the 11th and the appetite for carnival goodies increases from week to week. then when the christmas star and have all been

eaten people are asking when are we going to have much demand and again the answer is from new year's to con of a convent in cologne just wouldn't be complete without the motes of mandarin. down with and up and of it's to swallow countless hops and bars here in cologne what congo cows pigs take a break from the craziness outside on the streets that the well. join the craziness inside almost all of the loans boston pops but this debate ended up there tearing out the comedy and all the level of normal business in the us is looking a bit different from the god of the sound of music and sounds which might take a bit to get used to it but believe it or not that can go pretty quick and that was all from out at the globe down about. so how no.

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