italy: pozzuoli for new years

i've never been a big fan of new years eve...i don't really know why, but that's the way it is...in order to avoid the holiday, i've traveled over new years eve for the last bunch of years...i think the last time i was in the states for new years was 2009/2010...years before then, and since then have involved a whole heap of countries...this year, i started out thinking i would be in berlin, but i ended up in pozzuoli...(right next to naples)...
i'd told ken i had never been wowed by the holiday, that i wasn't a big fan, so of course he determined to change the way i think...i dont know if what i saw is typical of all over italy, but it's definitely normal for southern italy/naples...i assume there are fire codes, and laws regarding the use/purchase of fireworks, but none of them were observed...none...
EVERYONE SETS OFF FIREWORKS...ken's flat is up on a hill, so i got to see everything...
starting about 5 minutes before midnight, fireworks started exploding...ALL OVER THE CITY...i could turn more than 180 degrees and see fireworks exploding everywhere...it was awesome...i don't know if my video really shows it, but i was very impressed :)
some of the fireworks are small...but more often, they were big...really big...
these videos are only a bit over a minute, but it all went on for around 45 minutes!!