Cologne --
In Cologne's snowing Monday chestnut! The Jecke people looking forward to a snowball fight on Zoch. But for many of the white beauty carnival becomes a nightmare.
The honor guard as fears for the use of their horses - the worst-case scenario for the traditional society. Only one is left: "We are betting that it is not snowing," said Christoph Zugleiter Kuckelkorn.
Snowplows will release the entire migratory route of snow and ice. "There was indeed withheld extra salt on Clean Monday." Said Kuckelkorn, "we are here in good spirits."
Even the weather plays into the hands of the Festival Committee. "It will be cloudy, but only very occasionally snow," said Andrea Hornberg by the Weather "Donnerwetter.de.
For the horses, but it could still be very slippery. While the city of Bonn has a horse-Ban on the train has spoken, the cavalry corps "honor guard" in an uproar.
"Even if it rains we have big problems. Our horses are also drawn carriages, which can be dangerous, especially when it's all uphill, "said Honor Guard Zugleiter Father Laßke.
And then there's this cold. One degree is expected to reach the thermometer. While OB Juergen Roters (marching at the Cologne KG) attracts his running shorts, is the triumvirate on heating pads (approximately 12 hours of oxygen to keep warm).
"I kleb me the things under his feet," says Martina Virgin - because the sweetness of your shoes are so thin. Bauer and Hubert runs the old bulb technology, two jackets unters regalia.
