NYE in London is quite overwhelming. There are lots of (expensive) parties everywhere. Too many probably. Because most of my friends decided to stay at home or go to house parties, including me. I couldn't be bothered waiting for 12 hours at the riverside to watch the 12 minutes fireworks at midnight. If you couldn't be bothered either and missed it on TV, because you were too busy celebrating with your friends at your house party, here is the whole spectacle again:
Christmas time was very interesting, too. Every time I went to a Christmas Market I could order my German drink (Glühwein) and German food (Dinnele/ Bratwurst) in German and while eating it, listened to German music. It was amazing. At Winder Wonderland in Hyde Park they even had a Bavarian Village where you could get original French fries from Germany, served by original girls from Germany (they just look Asian):
Another thing I found quite odd, were the Christmas paper crowns. What is that all about? Are we all kings and queens at Christmas? When I first saw a couple of drunk middle-aged men wearing these crowns at a Christmas party at my local pub, I laughed at them. One week later I was wearing one as well at my own company's Christmas party. At least my colleague affirmed me that I rock the medieval look.
You probably ask yourself now, how do you get these crownes. Many Christmas meals in the UK are accompanied by Christmas Crackers. These are brightly coloured paper tubes which are twisted at both ends and two people have to pull on each end and when it breaks the already mentioned paper crown, a small gift (I got a sparkly heart-shaped key fob) and a joke written on a piece of paper appear. Supposedly, the Christmas Crackers have already been invented in 1846.
Ham wa wieder was gelernt!
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