After we drove to Baden Baden for afternoon tea. We had Black Forest cake and everyone enjoyed eating that.
The town had a playground. Alexandre got his first go on a swing.
We drove to Germany for lunch. We went over the Black Forest and arrived at a town called Freudenstadt. There was a parade with witches, pigs, wolves etc, it was very interesting, it was called "Fastnet".
Here is some information about the parade...
Rottweil is at its most animated during the Carnival season, and its Fastnet celebrations – which are fifteenth-century in origin and very different from those in the Rhineland – are arguably Baden-Württemberg's top popular festival. The action begins on the evening of the Thursday before Carnival Sunday (variable date Feb/March) with the Schmotzige, in which groups perform satirical revues of the previous year's events. On the Sunday, the mayor hands over control of the town for the duration of the festival, and the afternoon features a procession in which children are given the most prominent roles. The high point comes at 8am sharp the following morning with the Narrensprung (Parade of Fools), which is repeated on Shrove Tuesday at both 8am and 2pm. This features a cast of colourfully dressed characters in wooden masks. Their names are untranslatable; among them are the friendly Gschell, who represents the promise of summer, the fiery Biss and the vampire-like Federahannes, who both appear to symbolize the winter months, and Fransenkleid, a haughty aristocratic woman.
