Casualty Auction now on.

Tommorow the Swedes welcome in the Spring. Large bonfires and fireworks are arranged to scare the beasties back into the depths of the forrests and keep the peace. It wont work however as I know my way back, but more on that tomorrow. My sister is currently on a work placement as part of her Uni course in Zurich. Did you think the Swiss just spent there time mending clocks and making cheese? Apparently not. I mentioned our bonfires to her and she wasnt impressed. It seems the Swiss do it better.

It starts with a big procession through the streets of Zurich - usual crap, old costumes, floats, bands that sort of thing - then they arrive at a certain place where a snowman is placed on top of a huge bonfire - and when the cathedral clock strikes 6 the mayor, or someone lights the bonfire, and its timed until the snowmans head blows off - the snowman has some sort of explosive stuff inside it as well, so there are some bangs and stuff. Apparently the time it takes for the head to blow off the snowman indicates whether it'll be a good summer or not! It took just over 5 mins, which is apparently very good, so they're in for an exceptional summer so they say!

You get to scare off big beasties - the swiss are just scared of the snow, think that sums it up!