Köln Karneval and Snowboarding

Before Maren and I went snowboarding in Zermatt, I headed over to Köln for the culmination of Karneval. Mainly it consists of everyone dressing up and partying for the whole week. I got to experience the city on Friday night, the Ghost Parade on Saturday and then a float parade on Sunday - where there was a lot of chocolate and flowers thrown at the crowd! "Camillaaa!" And when I say everyone dresses up, I mean EVERYONE!! I was pretty impressed to see all sorts of characters, there was a lot of effort made!

The Ghost Parade started out as an anti-war protest during the 1st Gulf War, and everyone dresses up as ghosts, vampires, etc. I was glad that Maren convinced me to make the effort to wear the skeleton costume - see the results below.

On the Sunday I had the privilege to dress up as a Kangaroo, and perhaps i'll get around to posting a photo or video or two. In the mean time, here are a few photos from the proceedings, plus a few from our time in Zermatt ...

Everyone ready to go

Maren being Boney M!

Maren and I try to scare people at the Ghost Parade.

Clair, Maren and Matt taking a break.

The Matterhorn.

Matt, Clair and I on the piste.