Carnival (Mardi Gras) is a big thing here in Germany… well at least in some areas ;) My hometown goes crazy for a whole week, so do people in the area around Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Mainz. A week where everything is loud and colorful. We here in Berlin do not do anything when there is carnival time in Germany. It’s like “don’t bother us – it does not exist” ;P
