Eighth Day of Christmas Dinner

On the eighth day of Christmas dinner my true love got sick

So I had to reheat my own turkey chunks.

I really miss microwaves.

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Then it was time to go see the fireworks.

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Except in Croatia the fireworks started as soon as it got dark at around 6.

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Because in Croatia everyone can by fireworks and set them off in the middle of the city.

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Mostly, but not all, over the water.

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Some of them were pretty big.

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They were numerous and still going on now, at quarter to 2.

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It made taking pictures a bit tricky because things were going on all over the place.

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So many different types of fireworks were shot off.

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That isn’t even including all of the emergency flares that were cracked at midnight or fired into the air.

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When midnight finally came around there was so much smoke already in the air that the red flares made the castle look like a fort under siege by Disney pirates.image

We were glad to be upwind all the of the excitement.

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At this point we figured out where the city’s fireworks were being launched from.

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No it wasn’t to the left, it was over on the right at the edge of the harbour.

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After a few adjustments

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The show was lined up for getting some cool pictures.

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Okay so some more adjustments were necessary.

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There were so many going off all around and above.

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It was quite the show and very different from back home.

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To end the night we celebrated with a cookie. This led to the gingerbread snowmen massacre of 2015. Only partial heads remain for 2016.

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