A Beautiful Night

Here's a brief chronicle of the beautiful night, as experienced by myself and Eric, in pictures. We had intended going to the Democratics Abroad Election Results party in Mitte but all the tickets were sold out. However, we ended up having the perfect election night by ourselves. With the way we were feeling, nothing could dampen our spirits.

We were hopeful and optimistic and, as previously mentioned, suitably clad.

We were also suitably fed, thanks to Eric's famous all-American burgers. I know that burger looks like it's nearly the size of my head but it's just the angle the photo was taken...I swear!!!

Luckily we get CNN here in Berlin so we were able to watch the excitement unfold both on the telly and the internet. Most of our photos of the night are actually of the telly, or of us watching the telly so this is an improvised action shot, which was probably shortly before I went to bed. Yes, I admit it, I ended going to bed at around 2am (I'm sure my friend Angus is cashing in on some kind of bet there). However, I did get up every hour on the hour to see what was happening. It was about 5am that Eric came in to tell me the wonderful, stupendous news that...

...Barack Obama had been elected the next president of the United States of America!!! If you are going to be woken up in the middle of the night that's the way to do it.

This a picture Eric took of himself at the time of hearing the news. The happiness, the joy!

It was amazing to see Barack Obama and his family come out on stage for his acceptance speech. It really struck me what a journey they had all been on during this election campaign. It really was some campaign, not only against McCain and Palin but through the democratic nominee elections too.

I have to admit that I ended up crying at one stage through the speech. The significance of the moment was something else, that the nightmare of Bush was finally over, that not only America just elected it's first African-American president but also someone I feel will steer the country with a good heart and in the right direction. It felt like a great day not only for Eric, as an American citizen, but for me too as a citizen of the world. It was a beautiful, beautiful night/morning for us all.

Love to hear how you all spent election night. Please share in the comments section.