6am Sunday morning - brass band playing outside

Indeed, no such thing as a free lunch here....

Gratuliere

How long have you been neighbours?!

So there you are, it's his birthday and they came to wake him up nice and early as a joke. Ah village life, hey

and then people complain the Swiss have no humour ahahahaha

Moved in in 2011. But neither of us speak French and they don’t speak English so we’re limited to hello, how are you, nice weather convos.

Needless to say, your chances of ever becoming Swiss are now in the bidet.

Tom

Since we plan to move back to the UK next year that’s not a problem.

Watch out for the Church bells - they can ring all night and very long bell ringing practice. And planes, and ambulances, police- they go on, and on... Trafiic too

Basel Fasnächtler never wear costume when they play a Ständeli for a birthday / barmitzvah etc. Unless it is during Fasnacht.