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Space Kid Head Cup 20x

As previously noted, today was the Space Kid Head Cup 20x; the 20th year that May 1st has been celebrated with a soap box derby here in Weimar.

It’s a great deal of fun, although with around 50 entries this year, it was a bit of a slog. I stayed for the entire first race, […]

Saturday: Space Kid Head Cup in Weimar

Instead of rioting and going on destructive terrors, I’ll be spending May 1st at the Space Kid Head Cup, the annual soap box derby in Weimar.

Here are some pictures from last year:

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Exhausted.

CQ and I have been doing a lot while he’s here—so much so that I’m exhausted. We’ve been to the soapbox derby, to see Cathy in Erfurt, and to Oberschloß in Kranichfeld.

Rather than tell you about everything we’ve seen and done, I’ll let CQ’s fresh eyes tell you about what we’ve seen rather than […]

2009 Space Kid Head Cup

Trying to stop in time!

See the complete set.

Happy May-censi-en Day

Today was a terrific day!

Normally three days are compressed into two: Ascension Day plus Men’s Day and May Day. Due to the rather early Easter and May 1st falling on a Thursday, these three days were compressed even more tightly into one day.

In Weimar May Day is the day for the Space Kid […]