The fasnacht carnival was in the town of Hausach and it took about forty minutes to drive there passing through Waldkirch again where there were preparations in place for a carnival there later that evening which caused a bit of congestion but nothing too serious and we arrived on schedule in Hausach and finding the place curiously quiet we parked the car in a town centre car park.
Have Bag, Will Travel 
looks like a lot of fun!
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Geez, looks like Halloween here. How we all find excuses to hang on to old ‘beliefs’. Still all this makes life interesting. Thanks for sharing, Andrew.
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Now you got me going Andrew 😀 Croatia also has the tradition of “Fasnik” (from German fasnacht) -especially the continental part. The town of Samobor near Zagreb is especially renowned for fasnik festivities – much like those you describe here. But what I like about that time of year are the doughnuts…yummy – they’re like jam-doughnuts much much yummier – the capital Zagreb has them in almost every home at fasnik night.
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I didn’t know that – thanks!
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😀 the Samobor fasnik festival goes back about 185 years when Croatia was part of Habsburg empire/the Austro-Hungarian…
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