Well, I must say, in Europe they definitely do festivals different than in the US... Neither is better than the other, just different. I think the Lake Parade is no exception. I didn't actually know what to expect, except that the young people at my work who are native to Geneva had been discussing this parade/music festival for several days and I really had no idea what to expect. It seemed odd that it started at 16h00, lasting until relatively early the next morning. I heard there were floats, and of course, I'm thinking something along the lines of the Rose Parade of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Alas, I was quite mistaken! The Lake Parade consists of twenty or so 'floats' consisting of open bedded 18 wheeler trucks, barely decorated, with dancers, barely dressed, dancing on
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