Where are you going to be at the New Year?
 

I love reading about everyone's travels. So I wanted to just throw this question out. Where are you going to be spending the New Year??? What will you be doing? Share!!!

Home in New York. <BR> <BR>IMHO, in New Year's Eve, is the company that counts....

HOME!!!! Since everyone is in such a ridiculous panic over the whole Y2K thing, my husband and I have to work on Jan 1.

About 20 of us go away for New Year every year. We have rented a big house on a Highland Estate in the extreme west of Scotland. <BR> <BR>The Mansion House has been let to a bunch of merchant bankers from Edinburgh and Bermuda, and on Hogmanay, there is to be a grand ceilidh in the Hall for all the estate staff and tenants and the holiday people (about 150) At midnight there will be loud bells (we call midnight on New Year's day, "the bells" here: as in, where will you be at the bells?). Then we are being piped ( bagpipes not drainpipes) down to the lochside where there is a large bonfire and fireworks. <BR> <BR>Then we go back for more dancing and more drink. <BR> <BR>Won't that be fun!

Well, for a while I had intended to be somewhere like Paris or London, but we had our first child this year and decided to stick closer to home. We are going to a James Taylor concert (together with pre-concert party) in the new hockey/basketball stadium in Raleigh. JT is very fond of this area and has a lot of fans here, since he got his start playing on the streets of Chapel Hill when in college. Not far to travel but should be fun, and we get to be with our little girl on the first day of the year 2000 (note that I did not say Millenium - so no arguments).

As long as you don't say "third millennium," I think you're OK. After all, a millenium is any 1000-year period. How do people know when you started counting? <BR>I'll be holed up in the basement with my stores of bottled water and heirloom seeds, or maybe drinking a liquid souvenir or two.

I will be home in Ft. Lauderdale - I live one mile from the ocean and one mile from the riverfront, right in the middle of the action. I don't need to pay exorbitant airfare and hotel prices; I live in the middle of the party!

Greetings - <BR> <BR>Well, I feel like doing something but can't figure out what. I don't want to go anywhere far because we'll just be getting back from Thailand the 1st of December. <BR> <BR>My husband wants to stay home, rent movies, have his dad over, and get a big package of filet mignon from Costco. <BR> <BR>So, unless I have an epiphany, it's hand out at home and BBQ steak for me! <BR> <BR>:-)

Staying home & saving money for our next trip to Europe (in April!). Probably falling asleep before midnight too!

I'll be skiing with friends in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and partying at the local Elks Club New Year's Eve Crab Crack! Yeehaaa! <BR>

<BR>we'll be home working as we are all holidays, crossing our fingers that our employees are showing up on time, no snow storms, early to bed, up at the crack of dawn on NYD.

I'm a regular poster but will use an alias here. My husband is a reform rabbi, and as Dec 31 falls on a Friday night, I will be in temple for the service, which ends at about 10. He will be reading poetry and writings from the past 1000 years and incorporate great music as well. Then there will be music and informal bring-your-own dinner for temple members, friends and family--people can come and go. There will be time capsules made-up by kids and oral-tapes of wishes and prognostications for the next hundred years by adults. The TV will be on when the ball drops and the whole thing will be a safe alternative for anyone who wants some festivities close to home. By the way, this Jewish year is 5760, so we are way ahead of the curve!

We will be home in Belgium with lots of good food and drinks, dreaming about our upcoming holiday in February when prices have gone back to normal.

Home in Brisbane on what is bound to be a hot, humid midsummer night. There will be fireworks on the story bridge and over the Brisbane river. The sun will rise too early in the morning (in midsummer its about 4.30am) and our six month old (by then) will not know any different so it will be on with life. But I've got to admit it will be fun. Probably go down to the beach on new years day.

Oh, I WANNA be with Sheila! But more likely, will be spending NY's just like Lori (both above posts). Though I'm no fan of hot and muggy, Brisbane will probably sound pretty good by Dec. 31 - when we very well may be looking at temps well below the zero (f) mark.

We don't have our plans finalized yet, but anything we plan will pale in comparison to Sheila's New Years Eve. I thought evenings like that only happen in movies (Four Weddings and a Funeral). As I said, our plans are not finalized, so if there are any last minute cancellations in your group we will be happy to come.

Out here in Arizona, we will watch the ball drop in New York City...and I will turn to the wife and say, "Well, it's midnight somewhere...let's go to bed."

We (two couples who travel together) will cook an extra special dinner for eight, then change into formal wear, welcome our guests, drink some of the wonderful souvenirs we've brought back from Burgundy, and make sure we've got CNN on in the background to watch what happens around the globe as the clock strikes midnight in each time zone!

Staying home... We (two couples who travel together) will cook an extra special dinner for eight, then change into formal wear, welcome our guests, drink some of the wonderful souvenirs we've brought back from Burgundy, and make sure we've got CNN on in the background to watch what happens around the globe as the clock strikes midnight in each time zone!

woops...how easy it is to hit that button twice...

we almost always stay home on New Year's Eve. And with two teenagers now, it seems more like the thing to do every year.

I'll be here in London, enjoying the company of friends, family and decent wine before we all troop to the Thames to watch the fireworks and Big Ben strike in the year 2000.

I'll be in a friend's holiday house, on the coast near Cape Town, South Africa with 8 other close friends. We'll have a BBQ, some bottles of good wine and a pile of fire works. Not to mention excellent weather, a swimming pool and a beautiful beach all to ourselves! <BR>

Home, with a few close friends and fellow wine lovers, hosting a horizontal tasting of the 1982 Medoc First Growths (all five of them). Been planning this for about 10 years.

I want to go to Dick's house :)

Sounds like only a very few parties. We'll be home in Northern California hosting a young couple from Sydney. Also, are we really sure this is 2000???It could be already over!

On New Year's Day, I'll be fulfilling my duties as best man in my brother's wedding... I've already told him that he has no excuse for ever forgetting his anniversary or how many years he's been married!

Another homebody (mine is in Texas) - and like others staying put & saving for the next European jaunt. <BR>

We'll probably be home in Tucson, sitting in front of a roaring fire (if we ever get winter!), wearing our sweats or PJs, eating delectable food, drinking memorable wine, and hoping that the TV will show the rest of the world celebrating the new millenium. . .(just to see a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower . . .) <BR>

I'll be explaining to my teenage daughter for the 100th time why we are not in Paris! The cost of a two or three day Millenium visit to Paris will cover two weeks at any other time. Maybe that will satisfy her! I thought about visiting Paris Las Vegas as a substitute (a poor one at that), but at $1000 per night, I think not! I think I'll just make a nice dinner, pull out all my photo albums and momentos from Europe, make a pitcher of drinks and relive the best times spent in Europe with family and friends.

I'm another homebody, but if the weather is good (not too cold) my teenage daughter and I will probably go to First Night in Boston. This year First Night is actually being held for three days/nights and on the 31st they're shooting off fireworks at 7pm (pretend you're in London) for families who want to get home early, as well as midnight. My husband wants to be in our own house for the whole experience, probably sleeping (but then, he's not the most social person anyway).

Actually, I posted this question, but I never answered myself! I'm going to be learning how to ski--in fact, I'm going to step foot on snow for the first time in my life!--in the Swiss Alps! Nothing major, just hanging out on some mountain. I hope I don't break anything! :) <BR>

From Milwaukee, WI we'll be heading to Frankfurt, picking up a car on the 12/12/99 and following Die Romantische Strasse down to Nueschwanstein. Probabbly spending the night in Rothenburg on the way. From there over through Austria and Switzerland, stopping as we see fit. Probably, we'll take in Interlacken and the Jungfrau range. On over to Chamonix or quite likey, Annecy. We'll just be looking for a dry roof over our heads, hoping that we can find something and the ski crowd have not left us destitute. <BR> <BR>Then down towards Langue D'Oc and a night in Carcasonne. Again, playing the itinerary as we choose and the opportunities arise. Then north to a chateau B&B within an easy mornings drive to Paris. We'll probably skip Chartres since we were there in MArch and with two sixteen year old boys in tow, it may not be the best use of time. Drop off the car in Paris and spend a couple of nights in the Champs de Mars. Then Eurostar to London, pick up another car and then head to Edinburgh via a stop at our favorite village of Wroxton on the edge of the Cotswolds. Home in Edinburgh witth my parents and family for Christmas for the first time in twenty years. <BR> <BR>We'll take a night on the edge of Loch Ness at another favorite of ours, the Glen Moriston Inn. Perhaps we'll take the road to Isles and spend a night on Skye - lots of good options there. <BR> <BR>We'll head back south and take pictures of Eilean Donan castle, again. If wether is not too bad we may be able to take a sail on freind's boat around the isle of Bute. We'll freeze topside, but thaw out down below. But always a wonderful relaxtion as we sail to the sounds of water passing the hull, creaking of the rigging and the sites of the isles. <BR> <BR>Back to Edinburgh for what may be Europe's biggest New Year's bash. Busy, crowded, partying, and lots of people. Not for everyone, not even for me, but a great experience. A couple of days later we'll be back in Gatwick and headin' home. <BR> <BR>Wanna' come? <BR> <BR>Martin

We would love to come Martin, but will be doing some of that (Scotland)next year. We will be spending NewYear's Eve on standby at our local Volunteer Bushfire Brigade station in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney in Oz. As a result of worries about the Millennium bug a crew has been asked to hang about the Station (and not drink!) So we will be having a BBQ and watching the rest of the country's excesses on TV, hoping no emergency happens.

Wow all your plans sound great! We're from NY and will take the advice of a dear friend who always told us.... <BR>"New Years Eve is for Amaturers"...so I guess we'll spend a quiet evening by the fire having dinner with our closet and dearest family and friends.

Martin--- Your trip sounds amazing but, are you sure you want to "swing it" and not make any reservations for New Year's Eve? <BR> <BR>It'll make a great story, though...

We'll be with Al & spouse, only in Chicago. As an "east coast" transplat. The new year is when the balls falls in New York City! Plus I get to go to bed before I fall asleep on the couch and spill my champagne!

i will be flying to perth, western australia. meeting up with friends and partying out on a deserted beach. who could resist a bon fire, great company, cute surfy guys, plenty to drink and one of the most beautiful beaches in australia? *hehe* i sure couldn't *smile*

If my husband does not have to work a twelve hour day on New Years Eve, we will probably go to temple for services with our baby, and then spend the rest of the evening at home. My husband is in law enforcement, and has to work the next morning at 5:30am.

....and the countdown is ON!!