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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.

Was woken up by Jacob. Had breakfast. Got into costume and went downstairs to meet Susanne, Tony and Lucia. Again realised I had forgotten my mask. Strolled over to the Löwenzorn with Jacob, Korien, Tony, Susanne and Lucia meeting Chris and Susan along the way. Also there were Susan’s sister and brother-in-law who were over [...]

This morning I was awoken by my twenty-two month old clambering on the bed wanting attention from Dad. After he and my wife had left for Kinderkrippe / work I got out for a spot of breakfast and started to get ready for the day’s business. Getting ready involved putting on the Hawaiian costume from [...]