the waltz continues

And another ball. This time it was the 'Boku Ball' which also took place at the imperial palace. This event was more cosy because the dress code wasn't that strict. The women had the possibility to wear dirndl dresses (whereof they made brisk use) and the men were also allowed to wear traditional leather shorts. I met a lot of friends at the ball and it's been brief night.

Waltz time

Between New Year's Day and Mardi Gras a lot of balls take place at Vienna. The first one I attended was last saturday at the imperial palace. The main aim of the evening was drinking champagne and waltz/walk around. I bought two lottery tickets for the tombola and had luck – more or less – I won a yellow bag ... hmmmm. The ball night ended around 4 am.

NYE

What to do on New Year's Evening? I hadn't much ideas for this year so we decided to have some chili at Georg's home as well as watching old TV series. Before midnight we went on a field and after the countdown Christoph shot some fireworks.

There must have been sold fire baskets somewhere because a lot of private parties used them in front of their garages. On our way back we stopped at two of them to give New Years wishes (and to receive some more or less tasty glogg). Then we headed forward to Zwettl. The pubs were crowded and at the main square a big event still took place. Around 4 am I went to bed.