We arrived at the place 2 hours before it was supposed to start and it was already swarming with people. My mom had had the brilliant idea of staying in the restaurant of the amusement park which overlooks the part of the lake where the parade was going to start from.
Unfortuantely, she was just one of probably 500 people who had the same idea. The restaurant was packed and they were charging an absurd entrance fee. Jesus is way too good to us though, and in answer to our prayers, He led my mom to a secluded veranda area of the restaurant where there were two empty tables (out of 7).
Needless to say, we quickly claimed one and thus situated, we were able to watch the whole parade in the shade with seats, bathrooms nearby, a waitress waiting on us ... totally the best! If we hadn't gotten that place we wouldn't have seen anything because the streets were crowded beyond words.
Alina was overjoyed with the outing. The only downside was that we were stuck in traffic for over two hours on our way home as everyone left at the same time and the streets became no-man's-land.
Anyway, on to the pics.
Waiting:
This fellow sure found a good spot:
Still waiting:
Marina and Miche:
Pooh Bear!!! (ah, yes, all the pics of the parade have these great cables in them because I had to zoom in and they were in the way)
Princessess and princes (one of Alina's favorite):
A lousy version of Captain Jack Sparrow:
The Little Mermaid (according to Alina this Ariel was ugly):
Mickey Mickey and Minne Donald (along with wannabe Sandy and Junior):
Our privileged view:
The end (horrid amount of people!):
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