Still looking for something to do on New Year’s Eve? Here are 4 good reasons to get a rush passport (if you don’t already have one), book a flight to Germany and celebrate New Year’s Eve (otherwise known as “Silvester”) in Berlin.
One of the Largest New Year’s Eve Parties in The World
You want to be somewhere memorable when you wave goodbye to the awkwardly-named decade of the Aughts, right? Where better to bid the decade farewell than one of the world’s largest open-air New Year’s Eve parties?
Every year, over a million people come to the Berlin Open End New Year’s Eve party, an extravaganza complete with food, music, drinks and fireworks.
German Beer
Sure, champagne is the traditional fizzy alcoholic beverage of choice for New Year’s Eve, but German beer is world-famous.
Cheesy Music
This year, folks attending the Berlin Open End party can celebrate the future with the cheesy pop music of yore. Musical performers include the ABBA Celebration Band and Right Said Fred. Wait, you don’t remember Right Said Fred? Maybe this will ring a bell:
“I’m too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts!
I’m too sexy for your body, too sexy for your body, no way I’m disco dancing!”
Oh yeah, those guys…I used to have that album on a quaint musical device called a “cassette tape.”
Fireworks
The New York Times’ InTransit blog has an informative post up about the New Year’s Eve celebration in Berlin, including recommendations for smaller parties if you don’t want to attend the Open End blowout. The commenters on the post also pointed out that New Year’s Eve in Berlin is an “orgy of fireworks.” In addition to the big fireworks show, expect to have firecrackers go off around you or even be used as missiles. Stay away from those super-flammable synthetic fabrics, mmm-kay?
If you want to leave the country for New Year’s and you don’t have a passport, you’ll need to submit a rush passport application. At this point, your choices are to get an appointment at a Regional Passport office or to use a private expediting service like RushMyPassport.com. An expediting company is often a more convenient choice, since you don’t have to make an appointment or wait in line.
With RushMyPassport, you simply complete your application and forward your application package to us via Fed-Ex. Then, we deliver it by hand to the US Department of State, for processing times as fast as 24 hours.
Celebrate the New Year in style-let us help you rush your passport today!