On a sad note

Amidst the craziness of our lives, we forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago was Fasnacht. It's not for everyone--even locals seem to either really get into it or get out of town for the week--but I'm really glad we got to experience a few of them (even if we only made it once to the 4:00am Morgestraich). This year we made it to one or two of the Corteges (parades) and had a nice time despite some lousy weather (no pictures this time), but it evidently ended on a sad note when a little boy was run over and killed by one of the Waggis' wagons. Having seen the crush of people, especially children, when the Waggis come through it's actually surprising something like that hasn't happened sooner, but regardless it evidently came as a real blow not just to the festivities, but to the city as well.