慕尼黑跨年夜-小巷內的戰場 Silvester in Munich - A battle field in narrow streets

全世界的人們在十二月三十一日跨年夜皆會大肆地慶祝，

在德國自然也不例外！

雖然不像西班牙有奇特的吞葡萄習俗，

在慕尼黑也沒有如柏林布蘭登堡門或臺北一零一的壯麗煙火秀，

我們依舊不會忘記在迎接新年的這一晚，與親朋好友一起犒賞自己！

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People all around of the world celebrate on 31. Dec. to welcome a whole new year, and of course, there's no exception in Germany!

Although there's no special tradition like eating grapes in Spain and there's no huge firework-show in Munich like Brandenburger Tor in Berlin and Taipei 101, we still remember to give ourselves a special treat for this special day!

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今年我們被邀請到朋友家作客，每位賓客都拿出十八般武藝，小小的餐桌頓時變成流水席，時時刻刻都擺滿著美味可口的佳餚！

從開胃酒到湯品、再從主菜到甜點與起司盤，還有將近無限量的美酒與宿醉炸彈......（誤）跨年倒數時，更不能忘記用開香檳的砰砰聲與舉杯祝賀的叮叮聲奏出新年的第一曲！

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This year we were invited to celebrate Silvester by friends, everyone brought delicious dishes and made the tiny table a feast hall! From appetizer to soup, then from main course to dessert and cheese plates, plus almost unlimited wine and hangover bombs.... 

By the countdown, making the first note of 2016 with opening Champaign and toasting with glasses was also unforgettable!

特別的是，德國並不像臺灣能夠輕鬆地買到煙火。依據法律規定，德國商家只能在新年前三日開始販售，而民眾只能在跨年夜施放；然而，就我個人的看法，反而讓德國人壓抑太久的玩火慾望頓時爆發......

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在臺灣（至少大部份的民眾）我們多會選擇空曠的河堤或是廣場施放鞭炮或煙火（大拜拜除外，雖然我也很反對這種繞街習俗），然而德國人是直接在家門口放，而且不管那條巷子有多窄小、有多少人同時聚集在街上跨年，仙女棒、甩炮、蝴蝶炮、雙龍吐珠還有火箭大龍炮通通都來！有些小孩子會把炮往行進中的車子丟、有些蝴蝶炮可以飛進二樓住戶，甚至有些鞭炮還可以沖進地鐵站！昨天當我們站在五樓窗邊觀看四處各自施放的煙火時，可以清楚地看到對面住戶在屋頂上點燃大火箭炮，心中其實很擔心風向一變就往我們這飛過來了！事後拿著仙女棒到街上玩耍時，就有人在街口連放好幾個大龍炮，火花四濺到周圍餐廳酒吧的布簾，當下只能搖頭納悶：難道不怕燒起來嗎？！

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Another special point worthy mentioning is that German aren't allowed to buy fireworks easily. Fireworks can only be sold three days before the new year and can be only played during Silvester; however, in my personal opinion, this policy only let the deeply pressed desire of playing fire from german People explode in these few hours...

In Taiwan, at least most of people, we do choose the open areas next to rivers or plazas to play firework (Except of celebrations of temples, which I personally disagree.) ; however, German ignite them in front of their own houses, no matter how narrow the streets are, no matter how many people are gathering on the streets! Some children throw firework to the driving cars, some fireworks could fly into 2nd floor, and some even get into the underground station! Last night, when we were watching fireworks at the 5th floor, I could clearly see the neighbors across the street lightning a huge rocket below us, which made me worried if the wind had changed, it might have come to us! After that, we went down to the street, there were already many people, who ignited everything they had and let the sparks spread everywhere on the street, including the curtains of restaurants! What I could do at the moment was asking myself: Aren't they afraid of burning them?!

除了途中因為恐攻警報而癱瘓的市區交通帶來的小插曲外，我們平安地告別2015，正式投向2016的懷抱了！從餐桌戰場上搶奪美食，進展到小巷內的煙硝迷霧，人生如戰場，這句話似乎也好笑地應驗了......

Except of the terror-attack alarm, which made the transportation suspended for hours, we peacefully said farewell to 2015 and open our arms for 2016! From fighting for the food on the table to the battlefield on the narrow street. ''Life is a battle field" did come true in an interesting way...