Today Nathan, Stephanie, and I went to the town center for a festival like we have never seen before. Each year, right around the beginning of spring most towns in our area have a festival to end, or rather KILL winter! I say kill because all of the town children from the area "kindergartens" (daycares) parade through the town carrying skewers with gigantic pretzels and eggs on them headed to the town square to set a 20 foot tall snowman on fire. I have tried to learn more about the tradition of the Sommertagszug, but everything I have found on the internet is in German and suffice it to say, my German is not any better than when we left the US. The part that I found particularly interesting about this event is that people were crowded around, no more than 20 feet from where the snowman is set ablaze. It was very much a unique experience. You can find all of the pictures from our trip on my photobucket account here:http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g46/snerb722/Sommertagszug%202009/
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