Scheuberfouer

Fair entrance

The Schueberfouer is the annual Luxembourg City fair. It is the biggest fair in the country and lasts 20 days. Lucky for us, the doctor we visited last week for our “contrôle médicale des étrangers” (basically a check up to make sure we're healthy enough to hang in the country) told us about Scheuberfouer or we might have missed it!

We spent a good 5 hours there this past Sunday eating Luxembourgish specialties like Gromperkichelcher (fried potato pancakes) and Gebakene Fesch (giant deep fried whiting). And oh yeah...we checked out some rides too.

Truth be told, the rides were just eh. But something about the people and the atmosphere made the day so much fun. They really get into it at Scheuberfouer. The 3EUR wine and beer (that you can actually walk around with!) probably helped. But it was more than that. For example, the House of Horrors was just your typical haunted house ride with not so scary monsters popping out of walls, smoke plumes, and annoying light effects. But then, at the very end, just when you're feeling kind of annoyed that the ride wasn't better, some dude dressed in a gorilla suit jumps out and attacks you. He chased us out grabbing our hair and pulling at our clothes. It was so freaking awesome! There was also a Fun House where the kids emerged completely covered in confetti because there was a dude at the exit whose sole job it was to ensure that they were. Don't even ask Sophia about the Hall of Mirrors where I'm pretty sure some dude purposefully directed her the wrong way. Little did he know she'd take off running. Ow. As I said, they get into it at Scheuberfouer.

Gebakene Fesch. The boys cleaned that fish UP.

Bina sporting her crazy smile on the carousel.

I'm not even sure, so just don't ask.