Hello everybody!

Here are some pics taken in Ludwigsburg (south-western Germany) and surroundings.

First - there was "World at home" (Welt zu Hause) carnival, kinda international performance. South America and Africa were really good and my homeland Ukraine better not to remmember at all :o)


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I'm doing an oral presentation on Rheinland-Pfalz really soon ( Read more... )

Inspired by one of the last posts, I googled for a list of German wedding traditions and here it is. I can already think of a few others so if you guys have something to add, feel free to leave a comment. : )

Wedding traditions in Germany differ from region to region. Some of the highlights:

Car Procession - after the wedding, a car procession is ( Read more... )

Hey, I'm the new kid. I'm German & Swiss and just joined. *waves

I saw there was a post asking for Xmas cookie recipes. I came across a whole bunch of them on a German Embassy site, here's the link http://www.germany.info/relaunch/culture/life/dec98.html 
The Mandelmakronen sound irresistible, so do the Anisplätzchen. Yum!

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So for those of you IN Germany, who's celebrating Halloween and how? I've been wondering how popular this is now, how it may differ within the country, etc. If you celebrate, are you German? American? Or is it a joint effort? What part of the country are you in? Would you celebrate if no Americans were around? Do you dress up? How do you celebrate ( Read more... )

I will be in Frankfurt over Halloween and am curious if/how Halloween is celebrated in Germany these days. Anyone know?

"O'zapft is!"  - 14 days of Oktoberfest fun now in progress

With the traditional words "O'zapft is!" - "the barrel has been tapped" - Munich major Christian Ude declared the Oktoberfest 2007 open a few days ago. From September 22 to Oktober 10 the world's largest beer festival will attract about 6 million visitors who are expected to consume ( Read more... )

Hello!

I'm trying to get an idea of the German calendar in the sense of when the National holidays/festivals take place. Octoberfest is a famous one but can anyone tell me of Fasching, Pfingsten, etcetera? I understand most festivals will probably be regional, but I'd still like to hear of them!

Thanks much!

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