Archive for February, 2007

Fasnacht Diary #9 - Morgenstraich 2007

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Sunday 25th February
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The costumes are sewn, the masks contructed, the Ladaarne painted, the piccolo fingers trained (hopefully) and the only thing left to do is try and get some decent kip before Morgenstriach.

Fasnacht Diary #8

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

December 2006
At our last clique practice before Christmas we had our traditional Christmas “apéro and gützi” in the cliquencäller. Various members brought along nice things to eat and drink such as Weihnachtsgützi (cookies), homemade Läckerli, wine, beer. I wanted to bring something traditionally British so I made samosas which the guys appreciated. The Laggerli was [...]

Red Ken stole my money!

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Visiting London for a long weekend we decided to go with my parents to an art exhibition at the Guildhall gallery. The route took us via New Cross Gate rail station where the queue for tickets as the sole open window was a mile long.