Happy New Year!

Usually Jason and I ring in the New Year at home enjoying Chinese food and going to bed before midnight but this year we decided to go to a friend's house. The girls don't have any concept of New Year's Eve but they were happy to have their babysitter here. We headed to the edge of Prague to our friend's house to celebrate. Luckily we were able to borrow a friend's car for the night otherwise we would have needed to take a taxi. We arrived at our friends house and had fun talking to our friends and meeting new people. There was even some major fireworks going off in their neighborhood so we stood outside for a little bit to watch. It is another difference between the States and Czech. In the States it is illegal in most states to buy fireworks but even in states that you can buy them you can't buy the huge colorful fireworks that you see on the 4th of July. Here you can buy those fireworks easily and legally. So, we enjoyed seeing the fireworks and then, being freezing cold, we went back inside. We watched the Czech tv station to see the happenings on Wenceslas Square and to watch the countdown to 2009. After watching that and ringing in the New Year we changed the channel and watch New Year's in London. It is strange to see the countdown twice. It was a fun night and I'm looking forward to 2009. Happy New Year everyone!!