And the Rockets Red Glare...

Munichers put on an incredible fireworks display to welcome in the new year.  In our apartment building--growing out of the apartment right next door to us on the third floor--it started with a teenager/20-something house part, complete with tons of booze and really loud industrial dance music.  Yea.

But then around 11:45 PM, the fireworks started.  I have never in my life seen anything like it. These were all private citizens/parties.  It went on for an hour, and the size of the display was huge--I have never seen anything like this available to individuals in the US (on to companies who put on the professional shows). Some bounced off of our windows. Across the way, we could see other people peering out from their windows, watching the show, too.  Major displays were on multiple street corners in our neighborhood--it was beautiful as well as some strange hint at what it must have been like here during WWII.

The next morning, the streets were littered with garbage.  Some building tenants down the street had theirs clean by noon.  Our building still had glass outside on the sidewalk that night.

A pretty amazing experience, regardless.