Thursday, December 27, 2007
FIELDTRIP! Postscript
So, remember when we went to the Striezelmarkt and made a sidetrip to the Altstadt Christmas market in the courtyard of the castle? Remember how fun that was with the roasting pig and the suits of armor and the drunk people in the bathtub? Yeah, well, it BURNED TO THE GROUND. On Dec. 17, sometime in the early morning apparently, the place caught on fire and it took down the whole market. Judging from the pictures in the newspaper the castle is mostly OK, just some smoke damage, and fortunately it sounds like no one was hurt. But all the booths and all the stuff — gone. But don't be too sad. I'm sure it'll be back next year complete with all the burning, hanging oil lanterns, open pit fires, and confined spaces. I can't wait!
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WOW! That's all I'm gonna say- WOW...
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed you stayed abroad for Christmas. I was feeling very sorry for myself that I only got to go home for a week but I'll quit my blubbering.
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So I was wondering what if any crazy New Year traditions they have in Germany. In Spain they do this weird thing where each of the last 12 seconds of the old year you must eat a large grape. You have to eat one a second, and that isn't always easy. It really is unearthly to be counting down from 15, to 14, 13....awkward silence, lots of bobbing heads and the occasional choking sound... and then 10-12 seconds after the new year has started do you get the cheers. Anything similar? Do tell.
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