What better way to solidfy this big change in my life than a start of a New Year! I had been in my apartment less than 48 hours when New Years Eve rolled around. I had originally wanted to celebrate in the States with my family, but who would monitor the astronauts? Yeah that's right. As newbie, I drew the short straw and got to work the evening of the 31st AND the morning of the 1st.
This ended up not being so bad because the few people I know in this country were either home or going out with their significant others. No matter! That morning I stopped by Ikea to pick up some things for the new apartment including a chest of drawers for the bathroom.
On the way home, I stopped by a kiosk to pick up a couple beers and then put on some '90s alternative rock. I was about half way through the chest of drawers when James skyped in. We had a good time chatting over video about absolutely nothing and virtually cheered at New Years when I began hearing loud bangs as the bells tolled midnight. I thought it was an official fireworks show by the Dom until I looked outside and on every corner in my neighborhood there was someone blasting fireworks. These weren't small ones either. These were full blown bottle rockets. I opened my window to get a better view, but just then a spinning wheel of fire came whirring past. I quickly shut the window and continued to watch in amazment and some fear. Some rockets didn't launch straight in the air and were hitting cars and buildings.
Apparently, there are no fireworks allowed in the city. I don't know how everyone got them, but it's nice to see German's breaking the rules one night a year :) All in all a pleasant surprise and good show!
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