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American small-town girl from big-time Midwest university stumbles across charming Dutch boy .. and as they say, the rest is history. Six years and six moves later, married and living in Germany, she's learning a third language, working out, working full-time, and planning the next vacation.

Fasching

Posted in Short & Sweet by Cheryl on 13 February 2007

Bet you non-Germany-dwellers wonder what the title of this post means! That’s the German word for Carnival, which culminates next week in Rose Monday, Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. The only things I know about this celebration is that it’s primarily Catholic and that on Wednesday we start the countdown to Easter. Can anyone else tell me more? What’s the big deal about “Fasching”?

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