Christmas 2011

Christmas at home, perfect. Good food, we had fillet steak instead of a joint this year. I added my NYC decorations from Macy's to our already eclectically decorated tree. This year we made our own Christmas garland to hang on the door. As always, I ate way too many chocolates and sweets and will endeavour to work it all off at the gym in the new year.

NYE in LND

The last NYE of my twenties, to prove to myself I'm not that 'old' yet, I went to see the fireworks in London. I think I'm just old, it was a lot of hassle for a ten minute display. London for NYE is full of tourists, all the people I knew in London left the city, I should have taken the hint. There was a really positive buzz, in reality there is a lot of waiting around to get a 'good spot', to watch the display, use the toliet or get a drink. We found a spot on Lambeth Bridge and saw the display sideways on, still did look really pretty and expensive. I didn't hear any of Big Ben's gongs. As soon as the fireworks ended, it was a long shuffling round to get to Waterloo due to crowd control measures everyone was herded in to Waterlook Station though one entrance. The full display to music is here. To summerise the experience, I'm glad I've done it, wouldn't be doing it again any time soon.