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nice in france to watch the flow parade because each country has its own unique to dishes can't get on during college though no one leaves home 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 is straight sprites no life is suspended throughout the city and lots of people take time off from work in order to join the farm round the clock and the committed revelle us 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 town of 00 so. the conical season begins on november 11th and love still ash wednesday. and cologne the revelers a cold yet can and they shout out. ah. 2

during carnival some $300.00 carnival societies in cologne hold over a 1000 fold and sessions that include fun music costumes tongue in cheek speeches and traditional kon of all songs. the official st con of will starts the thursday before ashwin's day and brings in the principal phase of the festivities the thursday belongs to the women read list so men be where the women cut off the men's ties and give them a little kiss bits here to make up for it. this is the time of the conifer 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 cannibal means fun for all of us every year it's all over an ash wednesday when lent 40 days of fasting begins. cutting out neckties is a rich tradition here at the cologne kamel 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 hip for you men out there in cologne 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 cologne 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 is. i lower my perfect weekend coming to you from the heart of all 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 way. for her answer any and everything open which are you. going to charm me. the center of carnival activities is st mark's square. people from all over the world gather here on john. to be there and

add to it where you may be planning and think you should say yeah well. one of the most important accessories during this time is of course of a nation 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 of the same. because with the mosque almost you can know if you are rich or poor or if you. leave your beautiful

more 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 marks where navigating these 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 evening 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 week at. the 2nd day of my perfect weekend begins with a knife in the nation must. say i'm sorry about that double done

to bust below is one of venison oldest gondoliers. school in. the bakken ouse suddenly become very narrow and crowded this is my 1st been ition traffic jam. gondolas have a long history in venice is a. little basel it's a bug. the bug no 1000 years old. this is the 1st. we make our way to the famous reale toll bridge on the ground now taking a gondola ride as my activity took for a perfect weekend. back on st mark's square a costume competition is underway where 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 danieli this evening. fabio momo keeps an eye

out to be sure all the guests are appropriately dressed. just a little history since this started the condom of venice go ahead until the end o. be 18th century till the end of the nation republic. is stops in few of us and starts again 40 years ago in 1980 s. and the mind of the people bruce the card may well be great carnival or will be 18th century. now my transformation can begin it takes the better part of an hour to get laced in and mask any and i can't even recognize 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 a guest the steps to an 18th century minuet. dancing the routines 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 graphs up my perfect weekend from credible and join me again. warning fighting european destinations and until then it's happened. oh well. i write in the itself the hostile and bustle of the cologne carnival the costumes here are very funny and crazy 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 you 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 kilo's 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 will you wearing i'm a care from cologne this fall 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 friendly and very open to each other so i like i'm not. an action outside of every year i'm getting more and more comfortable with convent and joy very much can you imagine a convo without

a cost you know no that's not gonna. so thank you so much and have a wonderful day yeah thank you bye bye i'm a different kind of tradition has existed for hundreds of years in the city of 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 ringers 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 rio croatia. the animal heads and real skins are like something from another era. such army. we might call our costumes also the fellows too but we have to buy the skins we attach

them to their dress with. us on. this year the festivities are passive or you could 2020 the programme for the city's year as a 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 facade from the hub spoke monarchy right behind them the prefabs from the communist era the port embodied the spirit of the city. like this view i like the sea i like the cranes you know it's a symbol of our city rekha was 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 the. tiniest small area is an actress doing reacted 2020 she offers alternative tours of the city.

that's cheats 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 hot. little stones from with used to be the biggest paper factory now form a fountain sculpture. really it 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. curious leave this church stands

between a police station and a prison. thing about this place is how a man who has millions 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 air. at the next corner it's time to go underground. down to through the earth like we have this tunnel 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. related was an expired 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 combine 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 jump. altogether 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 a. 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 comical in style. hidden down there are so many parades everyone knows the famous rose monday parade of course there was more docks on soak with its hundreds of floats but how about the young fun bear parade which just passing by right now it proves that the cologne carnival even has a romantic side young fun 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 also gets to this year and those are the little flower bouquets that are handed out in exchange for kids so one birds year for each. well in the end no one really can say. who's out flowers are just one little element of the clone carnival but in france at the carnival in east they played really a major role there are thousands of flowers thrown in. into the public it's literally flower power. the carnival queen heads the flower parade that opens carnival in nice 16 lavishly decorated floats make their way through the city on the cokers are spreading the delicate aroma of the bright yellow. huge numbers of florist have been busy at work here. how did 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 girls hand bunches of them to the onlookers by the 1000. of the most is the region symbol it stands for the sun and the quote. 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 1986 as publicity for the region's flower growers almost all the flowers come from nice and the surrounding area there is signs and colors of the floats are decided long in advance. the few folk leave as soon as the superstructures arrive we will sit down together we're one big chain 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. mimosas 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 time 200 years ago and it thrives in the warm and humid climate where. 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 cold as a. but that's not the end of it after the parade the floats up plan that nor 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 part. after the battle is before the next battle soon

bobby and her team will have to get down to work and decorate the floats all over again because the parade of flowers passes through nice a total of 5 times. so welcome back to the cologne konovalov behind me you can see the current cologne cathedral conover here is 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. culture alone for anyone who feels like having a tree these typical carnival specialties are just the thing they are cold here they are matson land and they're made of almonds so you can get on almost every corner one of those packs and just as always carry a little bag them along so for a snack and they really quite special.

tiny tasty and time on a mountain the deep fried pastries sell like hotcakes during carnival for good raisins. but. it has to be crispy on the outside and not too soft on the inside because it has to absorb a lot. 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. still make their own. those main ingredients are flour ground. melted butter and mossy pan all mixed together with sugar and eggs. then cream in the shuttle from go into the mix . then it's left to stand overnight to make it fluffy and full of aroma. modernize the months and months and got the name because they look like omens i'm

contain lots of almonds. 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 revelers will be fasting during lent until easter anyway and i think they know why it's not just rush limbaugh but. the treats used to be fried mostly in la but today in vegetable oil to many other staple carnival treats the rule is the fatter the better. kind of the 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 high

in the fact that foreign interest gods are fit to get rich pastries are not only an essential part of carnival in cologne many of the german and european carnival capitals have traditionally take straights of their own all with different names in southwestern germany these curtain doble a called norman for spanish cannibals feature born us davian. sweden the crazy days in italy the world famous carnival of venice has its taste to go lannie and. polish revelers enjoy. in the run land the same platter pastries called glitz and glitter. we have noticed 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 them i wonder what the cause was my. kind of in season kicks off in cologne on most of them but 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 where

are we going to have months a month and again the answer is from new year's to come. come the link learn just wouldn't be complete without limits amanda. soundwave and adopt the 5th maybe * it's just a model of college cops and bars saying hello quick convo goes to take a break from the craziness outside on the streets. during the craziness inside almost all of colognes boston pops but there's a fight and adopt there to bring out some holiday doll the level of knowledge business in the bar is looking a bit different the god of love says the sound of music and songs let's take a bit to get used to it but believe that all that can go pretty quick and that was all from us at the comet so clown.

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