Schutzenfest Day 2

Well... what the party they throw here in Alstatte!! Holy cow. I have never seen so much drinking, dancing, singing and clapping in all of my life. Maybe all the weddings I have been to put together would compare. We 'closed Schutzenfest' at about 2:30am on Sunday night-Monday morning. They have many, many traditions around this celebration. Too many to list here. It has been really fun here, though. Video will follow after we return home...


The party continued this AM with church for the men, and another parade to the Queens house. Then... more drinking. The shooting was also this afternoon. Bill did shoot, but only once, and sadly we are not moving to Alstatte. He did not knock the bird down. A new king was crowned, as well as a new queen and court. Then, more drinking. At the festival, children wait tables, clear glasses and order-pay for more beer for the attendees. Funny....

We had dinner at the local restaurant, where we stayed at the hotel. It was awesome, as usual. Heike and Andres freudin (friends) were all very, very nice to us. Speaking to us in English as best they could, and doing a really good job of trying to make us feel welcome... did I mention we drank a lot of beer? Speaking of which, tomorrow we drive to the Abbey in the Nederland and then on to Brugge.


Beer count: 30fd,whvqq,kvv-d-- or so.

Bill: (and yes, i know i was holding the gun wrong in the picture!)