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Good Afternoon! I was hoping my friend Lothar would join me today to complete the wiring of my layout, but he did not come - [sigh]. He is a bit of a lone wolf and tends to forget such things. Steven - there are a few traditional New Years customs I know of. The most prominent is Bleigießen - you´ll find a lot about it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdomancy" target="_blank">here.</a> Another one is to eat a special doughnut called "Berliner Pfannkuchen". Despite its name, it´s not a pancake, but a doughnut, filled with jam, but without the hole in it. Incidentally, this was not what JFK meant in his famous 1963 speech "Ich bin ein Berliner" [swg] There may be more, regional traditions, but I am not aware of any. For my wife and I, the New Year´s Eve is a time to get a little sentimental. We have a rather frugal meal consisting of potatoe salat and German sausages (Frankfurters) and listen to music. It´ll be a glass of champagne at midnight and "Auld Lang Syne", before we hit the hay, trying to get some sleep while the rest of Germany sends billions of Euros worth of fireworks up in smoke and noise. I did some searching of the web for more info on Lego trains and the deeper I look into this subject, the more I am fascinated by what can be done out of those plastic bricks. Just look for yourself: <img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/Tenderlok/ghh-g7.1/Schraeg%20hinten_01.jpg/1000x533.jpg" alt=" " /> <img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/Tenderlok/ghh-g7.1/Schraeg%20links_01.jpg/1000x533.jpg" alt=" " /> More to be seen <a href="http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=116100" target="_blank">here</a> The only problem I see is to source all those bricks. "Hunting them down" could take years! YGW - no snow yet, but the weather guessers see a fair chance for New Year´s Eve. A few years ago, we had a long, cold and snowy winter, which started in December and lasted well into March! More recently, we had rather mild, but wet winter seasons. Prayers for Kelly! Have a great one!
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