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 [...]
Having recovered slightly from this morning, I got my Sujet Costume on and headed to the Restaurant Rebhaus on Riehentorstrasse. Pauli was already there with a big plate of pasta in front of him, along with Hanspi, our drum major.
I’m sitting having a well-earned break having trudged through the sodden streets of Basel for this year’s Morgenstraich. I almost had a slip-up this morning: after getting all my costume s carefully laid out the night before; piccolo polished etc etc I got down to street-level from our apartment building when I realised I had [...]
Since Fasnacht 2008, the piccolos and drums may have been silent, however the BMG Runzle has been active nevertheless.