[Magdalen] Fasching Time.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

When I lived in Syracuse some friends belonged to group (ethnic society, 
probably)that had Fasching parties every year. One year my then husband and 
I went as their guests (if I remember, we were supposed to wear a mask?).

Lynn

My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 9:37 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Fasching Time.

>
>
> My best friend during medical school days and with whom I roomed at
> the Episcopal Student Center, UW-Madison, has the health and  wealth
> (he's a retired otolaryngologist) to continue to do a lot of  traveling.
> His
> wife, Sarah, was a French major, and she and I took a lot of French
> language
> classes together.  I stood up for their wedding in Decorah,  Iowa.
>
> They have a lot of friends in the French speaking section of Switzerland,
> and
> the latest Facebook photos show that they are currently celebrating  the
> pre-Lenten "Fasching" (Carnival) season with their friends in  Lucerne.
>
> Though I'm happy to get the pictures and that they are having a good 
> time,
> it all just seems a bit silly with their costumes in the chilly Swiss
> winter
> weather.  Carnival in Rio this is not.
>
> When I saw their pictures, I realized that I really had forgotten  about
> Lucerne, and then, by coincidence, I saw a Burt Wolf travelogue about
> Lucerne this past week.  I was in that area initially on my first,
> exhausting
> month long tour of Europe in 1966, and then more in depth coming back
> from Italy with my family in 1968.  It was then that I did the covered
> bridge
> and Mount Pilatus things.
>
> I have had this totally unsubstantiated feeling that the Swiss are  just
> a little too smug.  I therefore really only explored the Lausanne  and
> Geneva
> areas well, and let the rest of Switzerland go.  This is, of course,  my
> own loss.
>
> The closest I got to Germanic Fasching was when we lived in 
> Frankfurt/Main
> where there is no parade, but they have Fasching parties in the  buildings
> of the local Palmengarten.  In any case, with their emphasis on  imbibing
> alcohol, it's probably a blessing in disguise.
>
>
> David Strang.