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Colmar is a town in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France and is a nice place for a day-trip from Basel.

Woke up with my son and went with him for a jog through town – saw various Waggis preparing their floats. Got back – my son insisted on having Waggis costume on.

Did not sleep a lot the previous night having got to bed after 1am – a combination of too much alcohol and my son waking up just before 6am. In an attempt to kill the hangover I had a big bowl of porridge and went for a jog along the river – which sort of [...]

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The lanterns were out in their full glory on Münsterplatz. The artwork and imagination was just incredible - and I didn’t manage to photograph all of them. I won’t pretend to know all the sujets - though Gadaffi, the banking debacle, the smoking ban and building works were a recurring theme.
Top marks to the [...]

It is Tuesday morning and I am nursing a small hangover. My son has gone to Kinderkrippe and insisted on wearing his Waggis costume. As it is raining today my wife wanted to put a coat on him – but he kept saying that Waggis don’t wear coats. Finally we were able to get him [...]

It is 8:28am and I am just back from the post-Morgenstraich breakfast in the Löwenzorn. I’ve been awake since 2am – when my almost three year old son decided to come and share our bed. It took long enough to get him to sleep – he was constantly asking about the Waggis and the piccolos.

We’re just doing the last bits of preparation before I hit the sack – prefilling the coffee maker so I can just put it on the stove when I get up at 2:30am; making sure my costume is laid out etc etc. My son is now nearly three years old and he is constantly talking [...]

For the October Bummel, we visited a Biogas factory where we had an apéro courtesy of Weinbau Freivogel - Ruth and Ruedi Schaub. Ruedi also gave us a short tour of the vineyards before we went into their winecellar for our evening meal.

This walk forms part of the Jurahöhenwege - a series of walks along the ridges of the Jura mountains which stretch from Dielsdorf in the east right the way towards Geneva in the west.