Sechseläuten

            Sechseläuten Is one of the most famous holidays in Zürich.  It happens on the third monday in April every year.  First there is a very large parade with all of the cities guilds.  The parade was wicked amazing.  And the guild from our neighborhood was the second biggest after the bakers guild.  At the parade they throw out tons and tons of flowers.  And since we were at the end of the parade we got the most because the people really wanted to get rid of them.  We were at the parade for two hours collecting flowers.  At precisely (down to the second) 6:00 they lit a huge bonfire on fire with a big snowman on top packed with explosives (actually he was made out of cloth but that is how the legend goes).  They time the amount of time in between when the fire is lighted until the mans head blows off.  The shorter the time the better the Summer will be.  Although last year it took 6 minutes and they had a very bad Summer, and this year it took 20 minutes and 39 seconds so it will be a very bad summer.

Click below to watch a video I made of it