Weekend trip crossdressed: "Eurogress Aachen," Franzi's longest conversation yet, and (supposedly) more lesbians
As you know, Franzi loves dressing up for evening entertainment activities. Now, Aachen is provincial, as compared to Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne, and Düsseldorf, but still, any decent concert, opera, theater performance, or musical deserves to be dressed up for accordingly. There are two distinctions handed out in Aachen annually – both since 1950 by the way – the “Karlspreis” (International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen), to public figures who have made significant contributions to Europe and European unity and the “Orden wider den tierischen Ernst” (Order Against Deadly Seriousness). The latter was initiated by the Aachener Karnevalsverein (Aachen Carnival Association), as Aachen is a “Karnevalshochburg” (Carnival stronghold) in Germany, the likes of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Mainz. The Order Against Deadly Seriousness is awarded to well-known national or international public figures "who combine individuality, popularity, and wit, but above all have demonstrated humor and humanity...