Gluckliches Neu Jahr!

This was our first New Year's Eve, or Silvester, in Germany (Year 1: we were in Belgium with Kiley and Erich and Year 2: we were still in Iowa for the holidays), so we were happy to spend it with good friends. It is common practice to set off New Year's Eve fireworks in Germany, so the guys set them off throughout the night and eventually the sky above our village was filled with smoke from all of the pyrotechnics. It's a pretty fun tradition and was nice to see, since it's been a couple of years since our last Fourth of July celebration.