Gilbert - A Trip to Germany: A Cool Parade (part 2)

 

There were so many cool costumes at the parade I took a lot of pictures. The ones I'm posting here are the highlights.

I suspect this guy was on stilts.

This guy was waving banners in intricate patterns. Difficult to get a good picture of that though.

I think this guy was dressed as a traveling salesman.

This king posed so I could get a cool picture of him.

Next to marching bands there was other music as well. These ladies played a sort of bagpipes. 

The parade lasted for over an hour! It was really fun to see all those costumes.

Next we went in search of food.

I spotted a church during our search.

We ended up getting a Calzone!

After dinner we walked to the car and drove back to Diana's house. It was a really cool day!

Next: the actual Korn und Hanse Markt.

Gilbert - A Trip to Germany: A Cool Parade (part1)

 

Last Thursday evening my owner and I went on a trip!

My owner's friend Diana picked us up and drove us to her house for a weekend of relaxing and fun.

On Friday Morning we went shopping. 

We visited a Pharmacy, the Supermarket, and ended our outing at the Cookie Outlet. I was tempted, but didn't buy any cookies (I did buy yummy snacks and something to drink at the Supermarket though).

We did get a hot chocolate at the Cookie Outlet! It was the kind made with powder and hot water, but still tasty.

These cool dinosaur candies I got at the Pharmacy.

For most of the day we relaxed and read, but in the evening we went to Haselünne. There would be a Grain and Hanse Market all weekend (Hanse is a medieval guild of merchants) and that evening there would be a parade to signal the start of the festivities.

While waiting for the parade to start I spotted a weird thingy on a roof!

It turned out to be a special roof tile to accommodate satellite/antenna access. Not as exciting as I first hoped.

Then we heard a tractor: the parade had started!

First there were a couple of really old tractors with carts behind them.

I wonder if these have booze in them.

Then there were lots of people dressed in Medievalish costumes. There was also lots of beer and other drinks.

There were marching bands as well.

I loved all the different costumes. Some people wore very simple costumes, while others went all out.

I think this guy looked very impressive!

I wouldn't want to get in a fight with him for sure.

Next: more cool costumes!

Gilbert - August Update

 

We didn't go on many trips this month after our trip to Drenthe, but we did a lot of fun stuff.

We went out for milkshakes and ice cream!

I bought a London Bus Guide from Beanie in the hopes to inspire my owner to take a trip to London.

My owner brought me a cola flavored popsicle.

The stylish acorn hat I found in Drenthe got even more stylish by adding another acorn to it.

Isn't it cool!

My owner has to explain games to people next weekend, so we played those games. This is Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition. It is a cool game where you have to... well... terraform Mars.

We also played Parks. 

Here you go on hikes and try to visit the best parks and take the most pictures. With 2 players it's a very fun, tactical game where going too fast can be your downfall.

We played 'Alien: Fate of the Nostromo'.

Here you have to work together to escape the Alien.

Argh! There it is!

The Isle of Cats was my favorite. You have to rescue cats and get them on your boat. It is a really fun game, that we will be playing again soon! 

Villainous had really cool artwork, but I'm not sure if it's a game for me. Maybe it's more fun with three or more players than with two.

We visited Noorderzon. 

It's supposed to be a festival of Performing Arts, but it had more food stands than art, performing or otherwise. At least their French fries were really good!

They also had this cool grasshopper. I wouldn't have minded more of this kind of art and less food.

We played Parks a second time with five players. It was a very different experience than with two players, but still very fun.

We also played Escape Room: the Game.

We had to escape from a prison cell on a train and then get to the locomotive engine to stop the train before it would crash.

We managed with 55 seconds to spare!

And I played Bingo!

There was a Bingo Machine that randomly spat out bingo balls.

On my first card of the evening I won a bottle of Rosé.

We played several rounds where I didn't win anything. During a break my owner got us snacks. I didn't trust all of them though.

In one of the last rounds I had another Bingo!

I won a pack of Minion Playing Cards! How cool! 

There's another Bingo next month, I hope we will go there again,

All in all I had a really fun month!

Gilbert: Dinosaurs, Martini Church, and a Trip to Drenthe

Last Wednesday I got to try a new game: Dinogenics.

You get to create dinosaurs and make your own Jurassic Park. How cool is that!?

My first dinosaur was a Stegosaurus!

At the end of the game I had lots of dinosaurs! I didn't win, but it was tons of fun!

On Thursday we visited the Martini Church for work, but we took our time admiring it as well, of course.

I saw weird, but beautiful lights on the floor!

It turned out they were caused by the sun shining through the stained glass windows.

Hey! I've seen this painting before!

Last time I saw this painting it was in the church in Middelbert. I did a search and it turns out this painting is by Egbert Modderman, and he's the "house painter" of the Martini Church. So now I'm wondering if they temporarily loaned the painting out to the church in Middelbert, or if the one I saw there is a replica.

Here's another painting by Modderman.

It was cool to see the inside of the Martini Church.

On Friday we went to Drenthe.

We took a walk in the woods near Schoonloo.

I spotted this nice seat.

And I found a stylish hat as well.

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep"

It was beautiful weather for a nice walk in the forest.

There was a small lake/pond in the woods as well. 

Next we went to see a Hunebed!

I know this guy: I visited this place last year as well.

This Hunebed is partially restored so you can see a bit better how they used to look.

After our walk we went to Rolde for drinks, a popsicle, and...

French fries!

It was an awesome afternoon.