This event on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/802242466469133

Please also sign up here (newstyle event!) https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/events/1-5-march-2014-cs-maastricht-carnaval-event-maastricht

27 February till 5 March 2014!

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As every year, at the end of the Mardi Grass Season, many Couch Surfers will gather to enjoy several parades, drink good beer and eat good food, and to make an intense party at Carnaval in and around MAASTRICHT!

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V a s t e l a o v e n d Vastelaovend is the official name of this festival. Tourists and people from Brabant are allowed to call the festival Carnaval. Limburgish is the language spoken and sung during vastelaovend.

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M a a s t r i c h t . C a r n a v a l . A n t h e m . 2 0 1 4

Gekleurd op stap by Roger Villeroye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fpTQobNNI

Stanza: Roed … geel en greun bin iech gekleurd tot oonderaon mien sjeun. Hermeniekes, boonte störm; alles vinste trök. Ouch ’t Mooswief en d’n ingel stoon op miene rögk. Roed … geel en greun bin iech gekleurd tot oonderaon mien sjeun. Mèt al die kleure op mien prij bin iech zjus e sjèlderij.

C a r n a v a l . i n . M e s t r e e c h http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FddwiuVxd0E

S h a k i n ' . D J s . I e c h . Z e g k . A l a a f ! Bon Jovi 4-ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGHO0R6haw

F a b r i z i o . V a s t e l a o v e n d Maastricht Italian goes NetherEnglish! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R2zLIjHrcU

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C o u c h e s . i n . M a a s t r i c h t

• Frank : Can host 11 people ; Couch Surfers staying until Wednesday (the end of Carnaval) come first! https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/trahrevf/

• Osman : Can host 11 people https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/BeWelcome.In.Mycouch Staying with Frank and Osman and all guests you celebrate Carnaval from the morning till the last bus goes home! (we live both 4 km from the center, in the same building).

• Osman's friends can host another 20 people

• Raghu K Soman can host 4 people in the center http://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=11YJCBFA

• Muhanad Alsarrani https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5HQ7WX3TK

• Massimo Cerri https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5HQ1YJ9BA

• Tomi Barbero https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5HABRUINF

• Aysen Simsek https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=95N38VK

• Lorraine Wong https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/lorrainewong/

• Jorge Jimenez https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=11MK7UCU

• Corey III https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=5HD3PFK35

Couch in Valkenburg (10 minutes from Maastricht by train)

• Danny Kleintjens can host 4 http://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=87UJB5F

Couch in Bilzen-Belgium (15 km from Maastricht

• Brian Hawaiian can host 15 https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=1YXRTIP

If you would like to host Couch Surfers during the CS Carnaval event, just sign up and offer! We will list you here as well!

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O r g a n i s a t i o n . a n d . i d e a . d e v e l o p m e n t Those who live in Maastricht or anywhere else in Limburg, contact Frank if you want to help to organise the event, or if you have some nice ideas :)

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T o p . t i p s

Stay on Monday and Tuesday (and allow yourself rest on Wednesday)!! Feel the emotions of Tuesday eve, when the clock ticks down until midnight and everything, every-thing is over!

On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday a crazy disguise is necessary. On Saturday disguise is also good!

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C o n t a c t Phone / SMS !!
Frank +31 6 214 888 56 Osman +31 6 343 074 55

During Carnaval do not rely too much on phone communication with the organizers! If you want to call, try to do it before the first meeting up the day starts. It is often too noisy to talk. But we do our best! Phones can run out of battery. We cannot guarantee to answer questions we receive by SMS! Be clear! And thanks from the organizers for your understanding!!!

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C o m p l e t e . P r o g r a m http://franknature.nl/carnaval_2014.pdf

M a p . w i t h . a l l . m e e t i n g . p o i n t s : http://goo.gl/maps/cHYIT

AUW WIEVERBAL FAT THURSDAY 27 February VALKENBURG Grandmother's Ball in Valkenburg is a Very Crowded Carnaval festival with the best Carnaval artists of the region!

“NO MORE DUTIES TILL CARNAVAL” FRIDAY 28 February MAASTRICHT Dinner and pre-Carnaval party at Frank and Osman's flat in De Heeg quarter Maastricht

“LAST DAY BEFORE CARNAVAL” SATURDAY 1 March MAASTRICHT Arrival of Prince of Carnaval of Maastricht Crazy Couch Carnaval City Hike Carnaval Dinner @ Landhuis Maastricht Saturday Crazy Couch Carnaval Crawl

1st day of CARNAVAL 2014 SUNDAY 2 March MAASTRICHT Official opening ceremony Crazy Couch Carnaval City Hike Main Carnaval Parade Carnaval Dinner @ Limburg Pizzeria Grillhouse Sunday Crazy Couch Carnaval Crawl

2nd day of CARNAVAL 2014 MONDAY 3 March AACHEN Breakfast Main Carnaval Parade in Aachen Carnaval Dinner @ Extrablatt Evening Carnaval in Aachen

3rd day of CARNAVAL 2014 TUESDAY 4 March Breakfast KERKRADE Klone Konkoer = Clowns Contest Carnaval Music Festival HEERLEN Illuminated evening parade MAASTRICHT Crazy Couch Carnaval Crawl Closing Ceremony @ Vrijthof Maastricht 00.00 end of Carnaval 2014 !!!!

ASHWEDNESDAY 5 March MAASTRICHT Rest and optional: traditional "hieringbiete" with classical music, and shake off the vibrations!

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B e e r We recommend to drink beers from Limburg; thus not Amstel or Heineken, rather Brand, Alfa or Gulpener! It's a fest that confirms the regional identity!

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M u s i c Can you tell something more about the Carnaval music? Yes, it's the most cheerful music you ever heard!! From now until the end of Carnaval you can listen a great selection of Carnaval music non-stop via http://www.carnaval-radio.nl/audioplayer.aspx

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CS Maastricht 2014 Carnaval Calendar

1-2 February Revelation of the Prince 2014! https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/events/carnavl-revelation-of-the-prince-2014-maastricht https://www.facebook.com/events/459471117508827

14-16 February

Limburg Weekend Carnavalesque 2014

https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/events/carnaval-limburg-weekend-carnavalesque-2014-maastricht https://www.facebook.com/events/1452580341621971

22-23 February

Winter Hiking Carnavalesque

https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/events/winter-hiking-carnavalesque-maastricht https://www.facebook.com/events/256668831169035

27 February – 5 March ░▒▓۞ CS-Maastricht Aachen Carnaval Event 2014 !!! https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/events/1-5-march-2014-cs-maastricht-carnaval-event-maastricht https://www.facebook.com/events/802242466469133 http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=178865

6 April Halffasting parade in Oss (Noord-Brabant) https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/events/carnaval-halffasting-parade-oss-oss https://www.facebook.com/events/261539577339226/

MEETING DETAILS: FROM: February 27th, 2014 - 20.00 TO: March 5th, 2014 - 20.00

LINK: http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=178865

LOCATION: Netherlands - Limburg - Maastricht ADDRESS: Saturday Maastricht - Sunday Maastricht / Sittard / Beek / Sittard - Monday Valkenburg - Tuesday Maastricht