Unfortunately the trip back to the UK meant that we missed the beginning of the annual Basel Carnival known as Fasnacht. So we will have to wait until 2009 to make sure we see Morgenstreich (The three-day event traditionally kicks off with an early morning procession, the Morgenstreich, which starts at 4 a.m. on Monday morning. This is a procession of about 200 illuminated canvas lanterns decorated with paintings and rhymes that make fun of a particular «subject» or local event from the past year. After the city's streetlights are switched off, these lanterns are paraded through the darkened streets, accompanied by the cliques with their drummers and piccolo players). Anyway we missed that but did get into town on Wednesday afternoon to watch the last series of processions - with drums drumming and the weirdest of weird costumes, floats and contraptions.
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