The fireworks this year are apparently not as constant as the past few years. People here reckon that it is not quite all the time, but to be honest you do get used to them after a while. A whole bunch have just gone off again, but since New Year's Eve it has not been as bad! However, on New Year's Day we went to a friend's house for dinner and they set off some fireworks afterwards. Sophie's friend Finn, from her old Grade 1 class, is from Australia, and we have become friends with his family. They very kindly invited us round for New Year's Day dinner and it was just amazing. There was another family there, Annalise and Pascal with their daughter Amelie who is also in Grade 2. We started with some Moet
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