rosenmontag, part 2

in my opinion, the coolest part of rosenmontag was all the incredible floats in the parade! here's a sampling of photos we took. i don't understand most of them at all, but that's probably just as well.


the next two go together.



the next one is about cologne's famous cathedral: last year a major new stained glass window was completed, only instead of what you'd normally expect from a stained glass window in a world-famous gothic cathedral, this one was a grid of 11,500 randomly colored (by a computer) square panes of glass. i don't know that it went over too well with the archbishop.



the next one is supposed to make fun of typical germans on vacation.
the next one is our favorite -- it's supposed to carry an anti-drug message, with the government official in the front holding up red and yellow cards to the punks behind her (like in a soccer match!), but doesn't the whole thing just make all the stoners, junkies, and freaks look cool? i mean, seriously, which side would you choose?
and finally, another two-parter. don't ask me -- ah, europe....