Fire, fire

Celebrated Silvester with expat friends, drinking rather a lot of fizz and then setting off as many fireworks as we could whilst watching all the other explosions along the skyline - the Germans do do New Year's Eve rather well, but then it is the one day of the year when you don't need a permit for a rocket.

The teen meanwhile took himself off to Berlin on the train with a group of mates to party with the Hoff and Jimmy Somerville, should be home later today...