NEUES JAHR FEIER

New Years Eve our President's instructions were to be in our Wohnung by 18:00. Needless to say the four of us had a good time eating taco salad, shrimp cocktail and creamed coconut parfait. We toasted the New Year at 9:30 with Ginger ale and played Skipbo with Sister Hoffman. Sister Vasileva went to bed before these pictures were taken. Up until midnight there were fireworks going off in the streets around us and all over town. At midnight it felt like we were in a war zone and the next morning it looked like it on the streets with all the debris. We have never seen, felt or heard anything like this before. There was a huge display of color, loud noises and thick smoke in every direction and it carried on for a good 45 minutes. It tapered off a little as morning hours came but there was still singing and a few explosions at daylight.