Happy HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Over here in Germany, Halloween isn't such a big deal. No one goes trick-or-treating, but a lot of people do use it as an excuse to go to large halloween parties. Considering that November 1 is a holiday in Germany (All Saints Day, I think), people can party all night and have the entire next day to sleep in. This is a wonderful idea, and I hereby declare that November 1 should be a holiday in the States as well. Now.. all we have to do is get congress to approve.

My Halloween festivities began this past Saturday night. There is an American airbase (called Rammstein Airbase, for those curious) which is not too far from Saarbruecken. Each year they put on a huge haunted hause for both the Americans on base (though most of those enlisted have to work there) and for any Germans who wish to come. Haunted hauses aren't common in Germany, and only ever do happen at Halloween time, so the wait to get in lasts about five hours. Yep.. people wait for five hours to go to a haunted house. A quite good one. We didn't have to wait though. A friend of Fabian has a dad, and the dad works at the airbase (about 10,000 Germans work at the airbase alone. It is the central airbase for the US in Europe). Therefore, we can get in past the gate where only relatives/employees can get, and can budge in line. We even got saluted by the German army personel who guard the gate and got to eat free food afterwards.

When we went, it was Fabian's friend, Fabian and I.. Sadly, I was the only girl. There's something about going to a haunted house with other girls who get scared... it just makes the experience more frightening (and therefore much better). We went through, and it was pretty good. Fabian refrained from scaring me (though he much wanted to help with the scaring process) and I got in several high pitched screams. All in all a wonderful evening.

Tonight, Fabian is going back with the same friend and some other people to the haunted house. I had the option of going today or this past saturday, and I chose this past saturday. Tonight they'll go through again, and maybe help out there as well. I, on the other hand, am going to go to a three floor halloween party (I think, anyways) at our local Castle here in Saarbruecken with Kelleen, and some other people. It should be tons of fun.... Happy Haunting!