Carnival! Bordeaux has a carnival!
And it's a legit carnival too. A large space in downtown Bordeaux was filled with things that I usually only see in fairs: games with stuffed animal prizes, roller coasters, and of course, a gorgeous multi-colored grande roue. But of course, French fairs have their differences from their American counterparts! Here are a few that I saw today:
- The abundance of claw machines. I believe there was at least one space in every row of carnival booths which housed at least ten of these things. There was much more variety in the types of prizes that could be won as well; who knew that there was a company that made plushies of hands flipping the bird?
- The types of food being sold. Of course I was expecting to see the crepes, but I've never seen plate-sized, holeless doughnuts before, nor churros being sold by the dozen in cones.
- The "scary" rides. In American scary-rides, they can show glowy faces, creepy skeletons, and even hire workers to jump out at you, but no matter what, they cannot touch you. In France, this is not the case. Holy smokes, there is nothing more startling than when you suddenly hear a chainsaw right behind you and it "slices" a line down your shoulder. Though it was funny afterwards, I cannot promise that there was no shrieking involved in this encounter.
OH WOW! That last bit seems terrifying...I would probably cry. OH! You should be proud of me though, I went in the Spirit store all by myself last week. It looked a lot more like a warehouse and was nowhere near as scary as it had been in previous years, but I did it! How are the boyyyzzz??
ReplyDeleteAll by yourself? I am proud of you! And as for the boys, they appear to be in perfectly good health - they thank you for asking.
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