texans on the autobahn

New Year's Eve in Lohhof

After returning from a great trip to Paris we arrived in Munich on the afternoon of New Year's Eve and our good friend Tom picked us up and took us home from the airport. We were going to be attending Tom and Vera's New Year's Eve party later that night. They had invited many of their good friends and their children for a night of barbecue from Tom's smoker. Apparently a big tradition in Germany on New Year's Eve is to watch a short old black and white English comedy film called "Dinner for One". Every year, tens of millions watch this old British television comedy sketch called "Dinner for One." The short sketch is just 11 minutes long, shot in black and white and entirely in English. In the sketch, a "dowager" and her butler enjoy a dinner celebration that's anything but routine. It reminded me a lot of a sketch that maybe Carol Burnett would have done. If you want to see the clip, you can try this web site http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8908622153579785434&q=%2522dinner+for+one%2522 = not sure if it will work but give it a try.

At midnight, Munich and I suppose most of Germany is lit up with fireworks. Children and adults alike are in the streets starting at midnight shooting off bottle rockets and fire crackers. They scare me to death, but apparently since they have grown up doing this, every one is safe and does it correctly. I still stayed far away and told Robin he was in charge of making sure Sam and Joe didn't do anything stupid! We enjoyed glasses of champagne as everyone lit the fireworks and welcomed in the year 2006!

posted by stuckinthemiddle @ 10:26 PM