ALAAF!!! Also in 2017 the friendly gang of Couchsurfers will celebrate CARNIVAL in MAASTRICHT REGION! This event on FB https://www.facebook.com/events/1898952306995026/ This event on BW http://www.bewelcome.org/activities/1752 C o m p l e t e . P r o g r a m http://franknature.nl/carnaval_2017.pdf http://franknature.nl/carnaval_2017.doc 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/txJwyx 23 February till 1 March 2017! ~ ~ ~ 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! ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ~ ~ 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 7 (Mèt vastelaovend krijg iech weer) Vleugelkes (During Carnival I have) Wings (again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFfCsfQ7Myk C S . C a r n a v a l . M a a s t r i c h t . I m p r e s s i o n . 2 0 1 6 video by Marc ter Braak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQeQBk7tl58 C a r n a v a l . i n . M e s t r e e c h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgFbYCWsEsg ~ ~ ~ C o u c h e s . i n . M a a s t r i c h t --> it's NOT too early to look for a host! :-) - Frank : Can host 10 people (4 km from center) https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/1603/profile Staying with Frank you celebrate Carnaval from the morning till the last bus goes home! Also it's the "venue" for the pre-Carnival party on Friday 24 February. - Others: see the event members, check the CS event page for that! ~ ~ ~ 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! ~ ~ ~ C o n t a c t Phone / SMS !! Frank +31 6 214 888 56 – phone – SMS – NO WhattsApp – NO mobile FB Marc +31 6 524 434 90 – phone – SMS – WhattsApp – mobile FB Osman +31 6 343 074 55 – phone – SMS – WhattsApp – mobile FB ~ ~ ~ AUW WIEVERBAL FAT THURSDAY 23 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 24 February MAASTRICHT Dinner and pre-Carnaval party at Frank's flat in De Heeg quarter Maastricht “LAST DAY BEFORE CARNAVAL” SATURDAY 25 February MAASTRICHT Arrival of Prince of Carnaval of Maastricht Crazy Couch Carnaval City Hike Carnaval Dinner @ Osman Underground Saturday Crazy Couch Carnaval Crawl 1st day of CARNAVAL 2017 SUNDAY 26 February MAASTRICHT * * costume theme: "Wings & Wheels" * * Official opening ceremony Crazy Couch Carnaval City Hike Main Carnaval Parade Carnaval Dinner @ Amigo Sunday Crazy Couch Carnaval Crawl 2nd day of CARNAVAL 2017 MONDAY 27 February International Carnival Parade Wolder (Maastricht NL)-Vroenhoven (Belgium) MAASTRICHT Battle of the Sambabands @ D'n Hiemel (NEW!!) 3rd day of CARNAVAL 2017 TUESDAY 28 February Program 1. MEERSSEN Top 111 Festival Program 2. Ten kilometer hike with parades in EIJSDEN and ECKELRADE MAASTRICHT Closing Ceremony @ Vrijthof 00.00 end of Carnaval 2017!!!! ASHWEDNESDAY 1 March GULPEN Subtropical Swimming Paradise. Swim, Sauna, Bath. To refresh, to chill out and to detox!