01 January, 2010

We made it!

Every year on New Years Eve the Germans (at least in our neighborhood) go completely crazy with fireworks. They spend hundreds of Euros on spectacular displays that are thrilling for children but a nightmare for parents.

I spend the entire evening pulling my kids back to a "safer distance" and shudder when one overly-zealous neighbor chuckles about his yearly "incidents": some firework that tips over in its bottle and zooms off into the crowd of onlookers. Last year it was in our direction, this year it narrowly missed some friends and blew up in their garage! Let the good times roll!

Luckily we were able to close out 2009 without any trips to the hospital and we toasted with champagne and rang in the New Year with David Hasselhoff singing "I've been looking for Freedom" on tv! You can't get much more German than that!!!

6 comments:

Jennifer said...

Congratulations on surviving the blitz and Happy New Year. It must be a Germanic thing, the Swiss go all fireworks-a-palooza too. (I was holding my breath hoping the boys slept through it. They did, bless 'em.)

Anonymous said...

Our first new year back in the states and all was quiet by 12:15am when the fireworks in our neighborhood ran out. Of course, it was only about 10 degrees, so it was too cold to linger outside. Happy New Year from Lisa (formally from Stuttgart, now in Indy). Cheers!

Betsy said...

Hi Jennifer, happy New Year! Hope 2010 is a great one for you all!

Lisa! Hi! Was wondering how you were! How is life in Indiana? Are you all settled in? Happy New Year!

Anonymous said...

Hi Betsy,
Happy New Year!
Yep, we're settled in now, thanks for asking. Hubby likes his new job and I've started my search for one. Still restless and bored, I'm ready to do something besides being a desperate housewife w/no kids, wink.
I look forward to reading more adventures and tales from the Blog Ness Monster family!
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Cheers!
Lisa

Goofball said...

more fireworks crazy than the Dutch??? Impossible.

whahaaa David Hasselhoff. Yep Germany loves him :p

Goofball said...

more fireworks crazy than the Dutch??? Impossible.

whahaaa David Hasselhoff. Yep Germany loves him :p