Lenore's Recruiting Adventure 2005 travel blog

Welcome to Maastricht, Home of Carnaval!

Simon asking directions of the local decorated police

A quiet, but prepared city of Maastricht (at a round-a-bout!)

Our First Carnaval Parade!

One little indian...

The True Colors of Carnaval

Simon and Lenore and the Centre of Maastricht

Simons Pic of the Scots in Maastricht

Yes, its a man in a dress.

Carnaval is all about face painting

One of the Coolest Carnaval Jackets

Its a Family Thing!

Can you guess the official Carnaval colors?

Simon in his 10 Euro Costume... no need to say more

Me too! On the Maastricht Canal...

Yep, he really knows how to play the trumpet!

May peace be with you

Must open your mouth if you play an instrument

Simon, don't jump!

Simon, meet the Statue.

Chocolates at the local departmet store - B&D!

An interesting Carnaval costume possibility...

Traditional Boarding of the Local Businesses for the Carnaval Parade

Pre-partying in our Director's Suite before the Carnaval Night Festivities

Jeni and her awesome costume

View of Pre-Carnaval from our Director (Randy's) Hotel Room

San Diego Girls (me and Jenny) at Carnaval!

The ISV Boys... Mark, Randy, Joe and Simon

Maybe it looks better on Simon?

Simons Pic of Carnaval Jenny

A Carnaval Star

Not what I would call a Friar...

Joe and his dancing pigs

Randy and Mark hangin with the crowd

Decorated Wagons Everywhere. With stereos!

The Kiss Wagon

A Colorful Costume

Some travelers from our hotel

Recognize some of these guys as friars too?

Human Jukebox!


So I hear that Carnaval in the Netherlands is amazing. So we're off this weekend to experience the costumes and the madness, much like the excitement of Mardi Gras in New Orleans though much more family oriented...

This is how I was convinced:

"Hi Lenore,

First of all I want to advise you on this next weekend. Carnaval is mostly celibrated in the south of the Netherlands and only next weekend, therfore I would advise you to go to Maastricht or Breda this weekend and go to Amsterdam some other weekend.

This will probably be one of the few chances you'll get to find out what the Dutch Carnaval is all about. But you won't find out if you go to Amsterdam this weekend..."

We arrived after several hours on the trains to a town painted in yellow, red and green, the official colors of Carnaval. Since the official ceremonies didn't begin till Sunday afternoon, everything we saw was pre-celebration.

-Lenore


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