Last night is the loudest and most colorful night of the year.  Unlike American laws against fireworks in certain places, the Chinese people set off fireworks everywhere around the city.  Last night was new years eve for them and the city went crazy!  Because we live on the eighth floor, we can see over most of the apartment buildings around us and at twelve o’clock this morning fireworks were surrounding us.  Looking out the windows on either side of our house we could see bright, beautiful explosions for miles around.  There were some right outside of our windows, then others far out into the distance.  It was so amazing to see that many fireworks exploding all at once!  I loved watching the different kinds, for example the perfectly round red and green ones, the golden spirals that shot right up into the sky, the ones that exploded twice into tiny sprinkles that sparkled, the ones that reached up then came flowing back down like a water fall, and so on.  The noise was another thing to write home about.  It was loud enough with the windows closed but when we opened the windows it was like standing all alone in a crashing, booming night with sparkling fire bursting in front of your eyes.  The celebration on this night is definitely one that i will never forget and look forward to each year.

Megan playing with sparklers!!

Leftover firework boxes