Spring Sprung

It has been an odd day - our normal trip to the supermarket was weird because the car park was empty, and so was the shop.  

The reason is probably across the Rhein in Mainz.  Today is the Fastnacht Parade for Children, and I suspect that everyone is in Mainz with their becostumed children enjoying it.

It'll be different on Monday.  That's when the grown ups take over and it becomes a drunken Bacchanal.  Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) in Edinburgh is calm in comparison.

The Wiesbaden version of the parade is tomorrow but having experienced it once, I do not feel the need to do so again.