Happy New Years! I have a bit of time before we head on over to the grandparents' for New Years Day family visits. We had a calm New Years Eve last night - stayed home, had a dinner of mussels - super fresh ones, too... then watched a movie until midnight. We all three made it up through - three because Erika, my oldest host sister was off at her own party, and Alexis, my host brother was hanging out with a friend of his in the garage, so it was just my parents, Bene and Amaury, and myself.
I asked Bene if here they had heard of the ball dropping for New Years Eve in Times Square because Europeans know a lot more of American traditions than Americans know of European traditions, but they hadn't. I explained that it was, a ball... dropping. But I was confronted with a blank look when I tried to explain what was so special about it, why so many people show up in Times Square for it - probably because I'm not sure I understand myself. =D