Happy New Year

We went down to the lake area about 10:00, after a nice long nap in our hotel. There were hundreds of people there, maybe thousands. We drank some gluewien and stood on the bridge looking over the lake. At midnight there were some awesome fireworks. They dimmed the streetlights and everyone clapped and shouted. It was very fun. I've never seen so many champaign corks fly in the air at once. It was like graduation only with corks. Wonderful!!!

Now we are in Vienna and having a great time. We just went to a flea market and got some fun things. This afternoon we are going to the Imperial Treasury to see all the crown jewels of Austria.

K Update:
S has her number estimating off a bit. She uses the same figuring as she does when she figures out how much something is going to cost. There were not several thousand people at the celebration in Zurich... there were several hundred thousand people there. It was unbelievable. When we had gotten into Zurich that day we got a great meal at a downtown beer hall with excellent food and really great local beer. After that a bit of walking around we went back to the hotel for a rest. When we made it out to the celebration there were bands set up all over town playing everything from rock music to jazz and DJ's playing techno music creating outdoor dance clubs. It had snowed while we took our pre-party nap and all that snow mixed with that many people created quite a slush. We even saw some nut walking barefoot and shirtless wearing a kilt partying in the streets.
It was a lot of fun ringing in the new year in such a unique environment.