The Guratzsch family - most of them anyways, old and new - and a few "strangers" at the Sambadrome for Carnival 2007.
 

Anne and her Super-Trooper, Shannon, tried hard to overcome their travel stress.
 

Dieter, on the other hand, just let it go and took a nap after having arrived in Rio the morning of this parade - notice how his beer is still in hand and not spilling.
 

Frank and his sister, Elke, always fighting about something.
 

But they always make nice afterwards.
 

Vera and Luiz, Joana's parents, had a blast!
 

And so did Joana, Karsten, and Lothar!
 

Looking left ...
 

Looking right ...
 

Karsten was amazed at everything he saw!
 

The Samba Schools were awesome ... parading from 8:00 o'clock in the evening until 6:00 o'clock in the morning - nonstop!
 

Karsten enjoyed himself to the core ... and made everyone around him have a great time too!
 

Each Samba School brought their own "gifts" to hand out to the crowd - we took it all!