We got home from Ireland one day before New Year's eve. It would have been Mum's 82nd birthday if she were still here (Happy Birthday Mum!).
So around lunchtime on New Year's eve we started hearing the odd loud bang and as it got more and more frequent we realised the noises were fireworks. Sure enough by the time it got dark (around 4pm) it was like a regular New Zealand Guy Fawkes and we were making comments around how they celebrate early for New Years.
Nothing prepared us for what happened at midnight. Literally the whole neighbourhood (city, country...) erupted with thousands of fireworks going off in all directions and it went on incessantly for at least an hour...by 1am we crashed with earplugs in and at some time in the night I woke to realise it was quite again.
The clip below gives you an idea. This was from our doorway.
We hadn't prepared ourselves for food either and hadn't shopped. The supermarkets were closed until the 2nd so New Year's day dinner and lunch was homemade minestrone soup from frozen veggies, spelt grains, tinned beans, and tomato mix with scones - i.e. all that was left in the cupboards.
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| It was quite yummy too! |
So yes, in one week today I will be leaving Denmark, and Barry three weeks later. While we are really excited and keen to get home again, I realised I am going to miss this place too. We haven't had any snow this year yet and got a sunny day today so I got my camera out to capture what I can so I can look back on these in years to come.
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| On our way to our supermarket |
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| Loaded up and ready for the walk home |
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| Barry's furry friend; Albert |
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| I'll be sad to say goodbye to this wee plant. Its about to flower too :-( |
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| See the face? Its wearing a helmet |
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| Local graffiti/art/statement? |
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| This reminds me of the gap-fillers in Christchurch. A building was pulled down and you can place Swing Tennis complete with Umpire chair! |
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| Embellished substation |
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