Easter in Germany is AMAZING. Bread-land becomes Chocolate-bunny-land for a long weekend and not only that, you have free by law.from Friday to Monday. A beautiful long weekend to get all the chocolate you can 🍫.
As a foreigner, there are some main differences I noticed, compared to Costa Rica.
Here you can easily separate the church from the festivities, like in Christmas, so is easy to feel part of the party even if you’re not religious. In Costa Rica is more about going to religious sad and slow parades, watching The passion of the Christ and Ben Hur on repeat and not eating beef.
In Germany of course there is also this if you want, but you get also the fun version of this holidays with bunnies, chocolates and even the lamb-shaped cakes that are supposed to be a representation of Jesus but are also tasty and covered in chocolate. Also, nobody cares really if you have a BBQ on good Friday, as soon as you don’t turn it into a party, cause it’s “Ruhezeit” and you should keep quiet… (or you will get to identify which of your neighbors is the annoying one 😂)
Of course here you cannot get the gold old empanadas de piña or other traditional Costa Rican treats that I miss, but the local traditions make up extra for it and make you feel at home 🙂
