In Europe, Mardi Gras is called Karneval and is a huge party celebrated in major cities and small towns across the continent. Costumes, music, people, laughter. It’s all there.
In keeping with this most fun, if not grandest, of European end-of-winter traditions, the Germanic-American Institute (my employer) is hosting its annual party tonight! In recent years the numbers have listed into the hundreds as people from around the region stream in with their crazy costumes to get their techno freak on. You should definitely check it out!
I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a German party, but they are not to be missed!
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