Valencia New Year's Eve: The Cops Took My Cava and the Fireworks Lasted 10 Seconds

"You can't get in because you have alcohol. But if you hurry up and drink the alcohol, you have to pee. But you can't get in because you have alcohol." Everything that happened at midnight in the main square, told on the walk home. Things that did not go to plan: the police went through my backpack and threw out the cava, the Amstel and my Prime, after I'd waited 50 minutes in line for it. The fireworks lasted about 10 seconds. There was no countdown from a minute, or from 30, it just started at one. Half the crowd left right after. Things that did go to plan: I ate my 12 grapes, some maybe German guys shared theirs with us out of proper champagne glasses, a guy who turned 30 that day asked to dance with all of us, and I spent the whole night with Rafaela and her friends, who I met in my own building that same afternoon doing laundry. Biggest crowd I've ever stood in. Everybody was vibing. Part 2 of 2. Part 1 is the walk in. Valencia, Spain. Day 23 of the Europe trip. CHAPTERS 00:00 Just parted ways with my friends, in no rush to get home 16:54 Back on camera. Here's what you missed 17:32 Ten seconds of fireworks 17:42 The police confiscated all our alcohol 18:22 We speed ran drinking to get in 19:00 The Germans, the grapes, and a guy who turned 30 19:51 It's 1:07 AM 20:32 What actually happened with the cop and my backpack 22:15 50 minutes in line, for that 22:43 The conundrum 23:21 The German girls at the port-a-potties 24:22 Looking for one more place to go 25:06 I'm genuinely not tired 25:12 Rafaela, and neither of us looks our age 26:04 Probably the biggest crowd I've ever been in 26:21 The smoking deaths countdown in LA 27:03 I never even put the hat on 27:54 The countdown was awkward. It just started at one 29:14 It said 10 degrees. It felt colder than that 29:47 Somebody bumped me and the cava went everywhere 30:23 People kept asking us where we got drinks 31:22 No food and no alcohol sold inside 31:48 The one thing everybody agreed on 32:47 People who want to be cops are the same worldwide 33:19 When the dancing started, the dancing started 33:58 First time I've seen this supermarket closed 35:06 More fireworks, and that one made me jump 35:38 Another New Year's countdown in another city 36:28 Why this video is a copyright mess 37:27 That's it. Happy New Year #Valencia #Spain #NewYearsEve