One of our favourite parts of Fasnacht is the Fasnachts Feuer (fire), where a huge bonfire (of old christmas trees and crates) is lit to wish away the winter witch. Now days they have a dummy on top of the bonfire that explodes with fireworks to represent the witch, but apparently back in the middle ages they used to actually burn a person they deemed to be a witch.. I think I’ll settle for fireworks, thanks.
This year we thought we’d really make a night of it and went along armed with sausages and (thanks to Alex and Ally) smores – which are marshmallows melted on the fire, prized between two biscuits and a chunk of chocolate… incredible!
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Mmmh: I’ve heard about smores so many times but have never tried them… sounds quite yummy!