New Year 2009

For New Years we hung out with a couple friends. We went over to Kathy's with Danielle and her husband Michael. Kari, Corey, Karleigh, Poppe and Jen were there. We stayed for a little bit and then decided at 11pm to head down to the Pordenone square to bring in the New Year. There were sooo many people, it was so packed! They had a stage with all sorts of lights and someone up there singing. They sang one song in English and the rest in Italian, so we decided to go walking around to check out the area. We got back and in a place just as they started counting down. They were counting down from 30 in Italian. Its a good thing I know my numbers! So we were counting down in English as soon as they hit 10. We stuck around for a little while after that to listen to the music, a few more songs in English now - like Grease Lightning! When we were ready to leave there were soo many people we were wondering how to push through the crowd, then we seen everyone was grabbing onto someone and starting a train, so we jumped on and thought maybe it would get us closer to the exit - it did for a minute, then took us deeper in, lol. s So we rode it out until we were closer and then broke off and walked out. It was pretty fun. It was lightly snowing before midnight and then after midnight the snow started coming down heavier and heavier. So we had our White Christmas and White New Year! We got more snow here than we have even got since I have been here. It actually stuck this time! Here are some pictures below.