Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Europeans take a wintry wade on New Year's Day



Published on Jan 1, 2013
http://www.euronews.com/ Perhaps it is a cure for the excesses of the night before.

Some Europeans are taking traditional dips in cold water to mark New Year's Day.

In the Netherlands, it is a quick run into the icy North Sea - or a frozen lake if you are not near the coast.

With the temperature unusually mild at around five degrees celsius, the 'seals' club in Berlin have not had to break through any ice this time for their bracing swim on the first day of the year.

Watching people jump off the Cavour bridge into the Tiber in Rome has become a tourist attraction.
Perhaps it is the skimpy swimwear drawing the crowds!

New Year's Day dawns with prayers and run (1:02)



Jan 1 - Millions of Japanese mark New Year's Day with temple prayers, while NATO troops hold a 5-km race in Kabul. Jessica Gray reports

London's New Year's Day Parade (1:28)



Jan. 1 - Thousands of spectators line the streets of London to watch the annual New Year's Day Parade. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

World welcomes 2013 (2:05)



Jan. 1- Revellers around the globe welcome the arrival of the New Year. Paul Chapman reports