The Geneva Lake Parade is a gay pride, techno music, cross-dressing festival. You can drink in the streets, wear whatever (or not at all), and bounce around to music. I spray painted my hair blue to get into the spirit of the day. Giant floats with drunk, dancing people travel down the length of Lake Geneva. They aren't throwing beads or giving away anything, and yet it draws a huge crowd. In between floats trucks sell beer. Nothing is free. All types of people watch it including parents with really young children. My favorite site was two old rich people watching the parade from the balcony of their fancy hotel. The woman had a nice dress on and the man was wearing a shirt and tie...it was such a sharp contradiction. As soon as the parade is over the street cleaners get to work. The street we were in front of was clean within an hour of the parade passing. The float pictured is the McDonalds float featuring some DJ's that I don't know or care about from the U.S. It wasn't quite the 4th of July, but it was fun!
The Geneva Lake Parade is a gay pride, techno music, cross-dressing festival. You can drink in the streets, wear whatever (or not at all), and bounce around to music. I spray painted my hair blue to get into the spirit of the day. Giant floats with drunk, dancing people travel down the length of Lake Geneva. They aren't throwing beads or giving away anything, and yet it draws a huge crowd. In between floats trucks sell beer. Nothing is free. All types of people watch it including parents with really young children. My favorite site was two old rich people watching the parade from the balcony of their fancy hotel. The woman had a nice dress on and the man was wearing a shirt and tie...it was such a sharp contradiction. As soon as the parade is over the street cleaners get to work. The street we were in front of was clean within an hour of the parade passing. The float pictured is the McDonalds float featuring some DJ's that I don't know or care about from the U.S. It wasn't quite the 4th of July, but it was fun!
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