It's the Swiss version of Groundhog's Day which afforded us our most recent half-day holiday in Switzerland. Zürich Sechseläuten takes place on the third Monday of every April - but instead of Punxatawny Phil popping out of a hole to see his shadow - the Swiss prefer to burn an innocent looking little Snowman (the Böögg) to see how fast his head (full of explosives) will go up in flames! The faster the better, as it marks the start of a warm summer if he goes quickly...I believe this year he was DONE in a record 12 minutes 55 seconds!
After the snowman blows, everyone takes hot coals from the fire pit and uses them to BBQ - our friend Ange brought her little grill down and we had a good old fashioned weenie roast while the fire died down.
Hadley road shotgun and seemed to enjoy herself when she wasn't conked out :)
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