yesterday, which was valentine's day, we went to diekirch for the annual cavalcade. it's basically a carnival and parade around the town, where everyone dresses up in funny costumes and has fun. one thing i've learned: luxembourgers like to be silly. and drink free beer :)

this couple asked us in luxembourgish to take their photo because they wanted to be in the newspaper. but this is close :)

there was a special train from lux city direct to diekirch which had a fun party atmosphere since everyone on it was going to the parade. the town was packed with people in costumes running around with silly string and confetti, and there were tons of streets stalls selling sausages, donuts, beer and mulled wine. 

lots of the floats were giving out free candy and cups of beer, and the last one belonging to the government of diekirch gave me a little donut :)

we watched half of the parade, but when we started to walk back to the train station at 16:30 the temperature had dropped to the point that i couldn't have stayed outside much longer. around that time we noticed one of the groups in the parade were young girls in short dresses with bare legs and the littlest ones were shivering like crazy. hopefully they got to leave soon after!

it was really a fun afternoon, opposite of the usually conservative atmosphere in lux, and i look forward to going again next year!