bonne annee! New Year's Eve in Paris.

happy new year everyone! we just rung it in with great fanfare in the streets and a really impressive sounding fireworks display (we can't see it from our apartment). people were pouring into the streets to wish each other a hearty parisian 'bonne annee'. grown ups were hanging out of windows (little kids too) yelling bonne annee across the street to the people in the apartments across from each other. the energy was wonderful. it was an amazing thing to see. we were too exhausted to go anywhere, but in some ways it was really nice to see how it's celebrated in an average neighbourhood in paris.

i'm going to bed now 'cause john and i were out walking the streets of paris for 11 hours today and our bed is actually calling our names, no, seriously, listen *mmeeegggaaann... jjjjooohhhhnnn... mmeegggaaann.... jjjoohhhhnnn...* see, could you hear it? yeah, me too. i mean, come on, it's 12:22am, we made it into 2005, and now, now we must sleep.

here's wishing you a wonderful 2005 everyone. be well, and party hearty tonight. and for those who are usually partying at our house tonight and can't 'cause we're, well, in paris, raise a glass for us and just pretend we're all souced and someone is deep throating a champagne flute...