New Years Eve

New Years in Amstedam is like nothing that either one of us has ever experienced before. We headed out after dinner to wander Dam Square where they were holding a huge festival with DJ's, lights, dancers etc.. We tooled around and took advantage of the local treats ; )until the crowds became too overwhelming and crazy (crazy Italians kicking cans and screaming, not knowing where we were, Chinese firecrackers being let off for twenty feet). At midnight the entire city for miles and miles lit up with fireworks. This is the only time in NL where fireworks are legal. So every corner of every street in the city is letting them off. For an hour and half, non-stop people walking out to the canals with glasses and bottles of champagne to watch it. I've never seen anything like it, utterly amazing.