BASEL - Tuesday is the children's day at Fasnacht, and then the Guggenmusik evening. The Monday cortège had already taken the large lanterns through the centre. Shopkeepers on Freie Strasse said they would rather have this week than a quiet February.
Some overnight guests who came only for Morgenstreich left at lunchtime. Their rooms filled again with people who treat the middle day as the point.
A city speaking to itself
Schnitzelbanks in the restaurants assumed you already knew the year's scandals, including the March ballot. Fasnacht is local journalism set to piccolo. The lights return on Thursday.