Woke up to a beautiful morning. After a slow breakfast the four of us walked into town so that I could buy some more stuff for my camera (UV filter, memory cards, wrist strap, etc). After this Christoph, Leila and I walked up into the Bensheim vineyards.

Of course, as midnight approached, we began to celebrate the New Year. At midnight all hell breaks loose because Germans do this with fireworks. All of them! It is a truly frightening experience. If we were being bombed I don't think the cacophany or the flashes of brilliant light would have been any less. I was certain, absolutely certain, that on at least two separate occasions we were going to be killed in an enormous explosion.