Something different

New Years in Wiesbaden 2007: Utter chaos in the streets, felt like I needed riot gear just to cross the road. People were letting off fireworks in the middle of the streets, in built up city areas with not a care in the world. The NZ Fire department would've been horrified at the complete lack of fire safety. Little kids (and big ones) lighting huge rockets and aiming them anywhere, crackers going off at your feet, shots missing you by inches - bloody crazy and out of control, never seen anything like it.

Spent the rest of the week just playing with the boys, taking them to the park, having friends over, going to the museum and basically entertaining them on cold winter days.

Went out for Cocktails last night with the gang. The family has left already for their skiing trip, but it’s been too warm for much snow, so not sure how much action they’re going to get on the slopes.

Off to the Canary Islands for a week tomorrow, staying at a 4 star ‘All Inclusive’ resort, so as you can imagine I am really excited. I’m going to Fuerteventura, so I hope I’ll be able to rent a car and explore the island a bit. If you’re looking for the islands on an atlas, find Morocco in the North West of Africa, and then the Canaries are several islands grouped together just off the coast, further west.