We toasted in the New Year with sparkling apple cider, kissed, and then headed outside for the show!
New Year's Eve in Germany is crazy - like 4th of July crazy. The streets are so littered in the bigger cities, that you literally have to wade through the debris from the night before. Our little street is not in the big city, but the show is quite worth watching anyway.
The fireworks display lasts at least a half an hour, and as with most years, this year being no exception, we were frozen by the time we headed back inside.
The kids really get into the action too.
All the kids have sparklers and pop rocks and can't wait to help an adult light off some little spinning thing or anything they might be allowed to.
I'm not sure if Tyler really thought he'd get to light everything in "his" package, but he wasn't letting go of it for anything. It was his!
When we came back inside we had "BERLINER," most commonly known as a jelly filled doughnut. This is a huge tradition to eat these on New Year's Eve / New Year. I'm not sure why, but we do. Funny thing though, Boris and Becky lived in Berlin the last 8 years or so and Boris told me that in Berlin they call them "PFANNEKUCHEN" which means pancake. Go figure! In any case - here's wishing you all a belated HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
3 comments:
I am sure that my dear brother Benni is responsible for at least half of the "show" at midnight. You can tell from his face that he was enjoying it at least as much as his kids :)
Fun, fun and yum, yum. I think I'd fit right in with your family. Fireworks and donuts are my favorite!
Looks like a fun & busy New Year!
Love Mom
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