Usually we spend New Years Eve at home, meeting neighbours outside at midnight. When I went to the special Christmas Market in Dortmund with Dunkelschön I started thinking of spending New Years Eve 2015 there. As the weather was fair enough (cold but dry) it took little convincing to get my husband to agree.
We travelled to Dortmund by train and stayed in the Youthhostel which isn't far from the main station. As I had been there 5 weeks before I knew the way by Underground and we arrived just after opening in the park. The first band, Corvus Corax, was already on stage:
Then we explored the huge market area - I had not seen everything during my stay with Dunkelschön! There were many craft stalls, different food and drinks and big tents with sofas to relax. Before we went in front of the stage again to enjoy Omnia from the Netherlands, we sat down at one of the big fires. It was like an adventure in a different world.
After the concert we got some coffee to accompany our home made traditional cakes we had brought from home.
Our daughters had taken plenty of the cakes to their parties as well!
After getting some sparking honey wine (never had that before) to drink at midnight, we marvelled at the lake which was illuminated wonderfully and as there was no wind, the lake looked like a mirror where the trees seemed to grow into the ground.
While Corvus Corax played again, we were lucky to get a seat at a fire again. The place was getting crowded and it was just more comfortable beside the flames.
It was there we welcomed the new year while the next band started to play on stage. There were no fireworks allowed in the park, but we could see some of the fireworks over Dortmund.
The moon was looking down on us when we left the party at about 2:30 am listening to the last music on our way through the park. We even found the bus stop, where the night line collects people even in New Years Night and managed to get onto the bus. It saved us a 30 minutes walk in a strange city.
After breakfast we left the next day, travelling savely home by train. And yes, the trains were all on time!
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