Nacht der Lichter (Night of the lights)
First of all, SORRY SORRY SORRY and SORRY once again! :( In order to compensate for having disappeared for one month, I'm gonna try to have a blog marathon this weekend (for once there are no interesting plans in sight...)
Yesterday our university celebrated what they called the Nacht der Lichter (Night of the Lights). As none of my German friends outside Würzburg had heard about it, I had assumed that it might be some ritual related to Würzburg. However, to be sure I looked it up on Wikipedia and (to my dismay) I found out that it's related to some religious meeting for young people in the French town of Taizé (!!!), which has little to do with what we did last night. In the end, the only thing I found on the wikipedia article which can be remotely similar to our Nacht der Lichter is a way to celebrate the change of season, so... I take it that's probably what it was about.
In the photos you'll see pretty much what it was like. It began in the campus fields around 20.30 (it was not yet dark) and I don't know how long it went on - we went home around midnight and they were still there. In a few words: chips and bratwurst, drinks, live music, fire jugglers and a certain Woodstock feeling. Here's some illustration.
From left to right: Rachel, me and Anthea. Both of them are from England. In fact, we had quite a British evening last night ;) And I have to say that they all surprised me positively, as they were quite a fun group. Besides, I had a chance to speak English.
More people in our group: Julia (Russia), Charlotte, half of Andrew, Chris, Laura and half of Anthea (all from England).
The Finnish girls also joined us, and here am I with them: Tiia, Annuska and Pilvi.
And this one so that you can have an idea of the atmosphere on the fields. Notice the nice lights all around. There were different colours and even some huge scented candles. But for me, the best was getting 'infected' with the party spirit and having a chance to mingle with people I hadn't seen for quite some time. Yes, that was definitely a nice night!
