Karneval 19-21 Maj

Building the Karneval Området began on May 5th and lasted through the 18th. The volunteers were required to work 6 four hour shifts in addition to all day the weekend before the Karneval. The work was a lot of fun and the weather was absolutely fantastic. Some of the work I did involved covering electric cable and placing it undergroud. I had also helped with putting up the fences around the grounds and in the sections, but my favorite work was the afternoon I spent with Sofia, Johan and Tuomas putting up the lights in our area. (See photo below)
Sofia was originally supposed to work in a different section, but after they neglected to call her I convinced her to join my section and I'm glad she did. I had someone to go with to all the workers events so that was fun :)
The hard work we did during the day was then rewarded either by a nice lunch or dinner cooked by the volunteers working in the kitchen. The deck pictured below was also built by the workers and had plenty of use during the three weeks prior to Karneval and later during the Karneval. After a long day of work we might have some games in the neighboring tent before going upstairs to enjoy the lovely evening with a few drinks on the deck.
The Lundakarneval themed 'Dualkarneval' took place 19-21 of Maj. Opening evening I had some time off from the work and met up with Kara, Mel and Emilie at some of the tents. In the photo I'm being silly with a Lundavöl beer can on my head :) The Karneval was pretty fun but I was really glad I did the work as I really got to know some nice people and spend some time doing stuff other than school work. In the evenings there were always concerts on the main stage in front of the white university building. Two off the highlight bands were The Sounds and The Ark. I enjoyed The Sounds, who come from Helsingborg, but I really got into the more rock sound of The Ark on the last evening. Many of their songs were played in the clubs at Lund so it the songs had a lot of good memories attached to them. Around Karneval time there was also a lot happening in the clubs so here is another good picture of Kara and me at Wermlands, our member nation for the spring term.

I have quite a few pictures of Karneval but the one below is of the parade that took place Saturday and Sunday. I don't know why these particular guys are dressed in blue, but I can say that the green tarps they are wearing is what me and several others in the group put on the fences for decoration and to keep people from climbing them! I missed the parade on Saturday, but watched it on the student channel while eating breakfast at home. Sunday Emilie and I met up at hers and watched the whole parade from a spot near Mårtenstorget.

All and all the Lundakarneval was a success and a pretty big deal since it only happens every 4 years. The weather may not have been perfect on some of the Karneval evenings but all the time spent working on it before the three days made up for the less than ideal weather during the weekend.