Happy New Year!
Holy shit, the Dutch know how to celebrate.
Let me backtrack a sec. As most of you guys know, I’m American, but I’m living in the Netherlands with Lucius until the autumn. In most American states, fireworks are illegal unless you have a special permit to put on a show. That show usually starts at 9pm (or when it gets dark) and lasts about 20 minutes. Having no other reference to go by, I just assumed that the Netherlands would be the same way. So when Lucius told me that we'd go outside at midnight "looking for fireworks", I assumed we'd be walking for a while until we found the one guy that had fireworks.
I was so wrong.
Everyone in the neighbourhood had fireworks to set off. When I say everyone, I mean everyone. And I also mean REAL fireworks, not the pansy little ones that we fling around in America. I was stunned. Absolutely stunned. I have never seen so many fireworks, nor have I ever been under a firework when it went off. I must have looked like a star-struck little girl. I honestly can’t even find the words to describe what we saw. Unless you’re European and know what I’m talking about, you would have really needed to be there. And the whole country did this! Every neighbourhood in the country, all setting off fireworks. From the sky, it must have looked like the most beautiful warzone in the world.
Anyway, I hope that everyone had such a nice New Year’s experience as I did.
