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¡Próspero año nuevo!

Bin again recovered well (and thanks to the good food my mother at least 3 kg heavier ;-)) returned back to Madrid - the way only 1 day before the ETA again an attack on the airport Madrid committed. Is funny when one remembers that one recently on that very spot was ...

On 30 December came back from France Arnaud, and we wanted two of us actually take to the "Sol " a days before the actual New Year vorzufeiern at exactly the same spot before - that is so common here in Madrid. But at the meeting, it was unfortunately not - Arnaud was not in the WG in Gran Vía yet he took off his mobile phone. Later I found out what was the reason why: He was (as so many others here) the wallet in the Metro stolen, and then he was at the police station (where he had placed his phone on silent). Fully loaded with many things he had been according to his own words, an easy target for his opinion, three young offenders. Ironically, Just a few weeks, Arnaud had amused, "silly as must be one "to seek to rob here (because we had heard of several dependent's people). Now it has it himself caught - and yet he has noticed that something is wrong (until he was bumped and then fumbled someone around the back of his backpack), he has not noticed how someone from his front pocket of the pants, the purse (!) with all documents and abundant (Christmas) money went. You have to watch real here in Madrid - everyone looks for tourist is particularly vulnerable - especially when one is fully packed and from the airport or train station on the road.

So I went on that evening alone on Sol, where now virtually the same state of emergency as on the next "real" New Year's Eve ruled. People squeezed into densely packed, because you had to bring quite a bit of patience to slowly push through the crowd toward the center. All streets and alleys that lead to Sol were blocked by barriers from the police, and it was only by about 1 m wide passage through it. This was a way to ensure that all people with bags and backpacks just could not sneak past them (because of possible bombs, etc. - as I said, that day there was only one early-ETA attack in Madrid). And second, could close down the police simply, in the case are that too many people on the pitch. On Sol himself, there was a lively atmosphere - persuaded the mostly young people, hips and chanted slogans from any New Year's, and even went up a cannon, after which further aufbrandete jubilation. Even television was there. But the most important are the grapes, which almost every Spaniard exactly at midnight on each stroke of 1, ie total of 12 to swallow, try (which incidentally is far from easy). The good luck for next year. Was great to have as it really was at 12, according to all counted and swallowed their grapes. Everyone then fell into his arms and popping the corks did - mind you, it was only just begun the 31.12.2006. Crazy - here are the real New Year's Eve twice * g *. Actually I wanted to meet then with Susi and Jess, but then when my phone when I said goodbye again to Gran Via was to check whether there was Arnaud now, I thought to myself - No, that do You are not yet at times, to move again by the masses on the court, without, perhaps to take the girls'. And so I went back home at a relatively early, which I love but also, at least in ways quite en was al that I was always very tired and the next day but wanted to be fit for the New Year right.

At 31 Then I met first with first Arnaud, Anna and Jacob, and an Italian couple, which now resides in New Gran Via, in their flat. Then Anja and Cuba wanted in a restaurant - with all of us, but since that night many restaurants (even McDonald's :-)) had closed or were overcrowded, we went after some But looking back to the WG, where the Italians conjured then trimmed a delicious pasta. Frisch was rested you then about half past 12 in the direction of Sol, and we were actually up yet (which I did not think). Everything was like the day before, what I had already described in detail, only this time it was just really New Year :-). We ate good eating our grapes and met with even brought along Cava and enjoyed the beautiful fireworks that shoots the city since so over our heads in the sky. Then we headed to Arnaud's brother, who was with some other French people again in his flat. Here then parted my way and the other because I wanted to go to a party of my colleagues. They had rented a bar, and after paying a small fee of 35 € ;-) (what a poor student like me, of course, is not exactly cheap) but there was at least all the drinks at the bar for free. And so it was a great party - in the small room crowded to the 80 people, and we laughed a lot, and drinking too * g *. I noticed the latest because I have breakfast at half past 7 in my night bus to sleep and wake up with the driver was somewhere where I had previously never been before. So we had to take the next bus back in the opposite direction to the starting point and then back on the metro, which then also went again to my home where I arrived at last to eighth All in all a very nice start to the new year - let's see what will follow :-).