Sommertagszug

A local tradition for the region around Heidelberg - Kurpfalz - is a parade which is a goodbye for winter. All the different neighborhoods of Heidelberg and surrounding villages have such a Sommertagszug  - so we checked out the one in the old town.
First Mia discovered a poster advertising the musical performance where she will part of next weekend with her choir. Actually, this weekend she spent rehearsing both Saturday and Sunday morning

 Then we watched the parade come down the main street. The winter was a white figure made out of paper

On the market square it was place on a big stage - awaiting his fate.

Mia found a spot in the front

Then two professional dancers - one as winter one as summer - showed winter getting defeated by summer

After this it was time to burn winter

The rest of the program where different dance performances from dance and ballet schools

At the end sweet pretzels were handed out to the children

Since the day was so nice we also went to big playground in a new neighborhood that is being developed. There Mia saw some friends from her school and also some other friends from Washington DC that moved here at the beginning of the year and now live one block from the playground