(German translation: Have a good slip!..into the new year that is)
one year ago I was dancing the night away and celebrating the marriage of two of my great friends from college.
never did I think, for one minute, that a year later I would be dancing in the streets of Vienna with a Ukranian (and 700,000 other people), drinking gluhwein, and watching fireworks explode over St. Stephan's Cathedral to the life performance of "The Blue Danube" by the Viennese Symphony as the clock struck 12.
Vienna knows how to ring in the new year...the whole city was turned into an outdoor party! 12 different squares throughout the city had different themes and different bands playing from the later afternoon all the way through 2am. Everyone was dancing, walking around, drinking gluhwein, eating pretzels, wishing you a "Guten Rutsch", taking pictures, and dancing some more! It was like nothing I have ever experienced before!! If you are ever in Europe for New Years...Vienna is a must!
(be sure to check out the videos at the end of the post!)
but it happened. and here is the proof.
(rathausplatz)
(i forget which square this was)
(square with traditional Austrian music)
(midnight...can you hear "The Blue Danube"?...you may not know the name but you'll recognize it!)
(stephansplatz after midnight)
one year ago I was dancing the night away and celebrating the marriage of two of my great friends from college.
never did I think, for one minute, that a year later I would be dancing in the streets of Vienna with a Ukranian (and 700,000 other people), drinking gluhwein, and watching fireworks explode over St. Stephan's Cathedral to the life performance of "The Blue Danube" by the Viennese Symphony as the clock struck 12.
Vienna knows how to ring in the new year...the whole city was turned into an outdoor party! 12 different squares throughout the city had different themes and different bands playing from the later afternoon all the way through 2am. Everyone was dancing, walking around, drinking gluhwein, eating pretzels, wishing you a "Guten Rutsch", taking pictures, and dancing some more! It was like nothing I have ever experienced before!! If you are ever in Europe for New Years...Vienna is a must!
(be sure to check out the videos at the end of the post!)
but it happened. and here is the proof.
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| the aftermath in the streets...we feared for our lives while thousands of drunk people stumbled home and thousands of others were still throwing fireworks into the streets and waiting for them to explode and scare everyone |
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| 12 |
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| 12:01 |
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| the symphony orchestras in front of St. Stephan's prepared to play "The Blue Danube" so all the people can WALTZ in the new year ( an Austrian tradition and much cooler than just jumping off a chair, in my opinion) |
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| watching the clock |
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| everyone either had bunny ears... |
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| or pig hats...supposedly pigs, bunnys, frogs, and ladybugs are the symbols of good luck in the new year. |
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| Alina and I |
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| dancing in the streets...in one of the 12 squares filled with music and dancing |
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| Graben--the chandeliers hang all down the street to create the atmosphere of the largest ballroom in the world! |
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| posing for a picture...notice the men in the background... |
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| yes, that is one of the men from the previous picture...and Alina had no idea. |
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| then they both posed for a picture on either side of her and scared her to death! |
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| filled with people listening to traditional Austrian music from Styrmark |
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| so many people! |
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| rathausplatz |
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| one of the many vendors selling new years good luck charms |
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| notice....pigs, frogs, etc... |
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| native americans meet KISS |
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| I wasn't the only American in Vienna on New Years I guess... |
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| stephansplatz |
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| graben |
(rathausplatz)
(i forget which square this was)
(square with traditional Austrian music)
(midnight...can you hear "The Blue Danube"?...you may not know the name but you'll recognize it!)
(stephansplatz after midnight)
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