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Here is a video of the final big day of Carnival. Stephan's sister Patci and her boyfriend Martin came in the night before. We got decked out in hats I made and Max put on his lion suit and we headed out to the platz by our house and scored a spot on a wall just above the parade route which worked out great for Max since he wasn't too excited to be too close to some of the costumes. He definitely got into yelling "hellau" and waving to get treats. If we talked to him when a big float was approaching he told us to wait until it had gone past. he didn't want to miss any treats! We got tons of things including a soccer ball, bags and bags of popcorn, candy, a roll, a soft pretzel, bags of chips, some cheese, a hot dog, packets of waffles, soup mix packets, loads of tissue packs and even a pair of men's thongs! In the second video you can see all the goods! The weather was pretty good. We had a few minutes of very cold rain but then we actually got a good hour of sunshine. The parade lasted over 4 hours! We then walked down to an area where there was music and people were partying in the street just to check it out. It ended up being a little to crazy/crowded for a stroller and a 3 year old we headed in around 7pm. Max was a trouper. No nap, tons of noise and people.