This New Year's Eve, my friends and I had decided to travel to London to celebrate it as we did two years ago. My friend Hana's dad has an apartment in Canada Water, which has marvellous views of the London Bridge, The Gherkin and the Eye, so is a perfect pad for watching the fireworks at midnight.
We set off at 10am as we wanted to get there so that we had time to settle in before starting the festivities. Because there were 6 of us, we travelled in two cars, but coincidentally stopped at the same service station on the way there, so rendezvous-ed at Starbucks in Corley, near Birmingham. We finally arrived in London at about half two, as our brief stop turned into an hour long lunch-break due to our company!
After dumping our bags, we split into two groups, as a few of the girls wanted to go to Camden Market for a wander. I went with the other two to Tesco to get our supplies for the evening. We decided to do a Caesar salad for dinner, and then get some buffet style nibbles (spring rolls, onion bhajis, chicken skewers etc) for later on when we were a bit more peckish. We also got in the alcohol, although I had brought a bottle of Prosecco and a bottle of wine with me, so didn't need any more!
When we got home we started getting the food ready, in between getting changed and made-up for the evening to begin. Our salad was lovely, and we accompanied it with a glass of champagne each courtesy of Hana's dad. After the food we played some board games for quite a while, as we started the proper drinking! We played Rapidough, where you have to mould objects specified on a card, Articulate, the classic, and Scattergories where you have to write lists of things beginning with a designated letter. By this point we were all rather tipsy, so the final game was rather challenging for us!
As it neared midnight, we headed out onto the balcony to watch the fireworks, which were amazing! It was a gorgeous clear night, and the display went on for over half an hour. Afterwards, fuelled by alcohol we made the decision to try and go out for a drink somewhere, but after wandering for over an hour we gave up and came home, where we crashed into bed at 4.30am!
The following day, I felt especially worse for wear, but luckily I wasn't driving, so slept for the four hour drive home. I had a fabulous time though, and it was great to get all the girls together, as it doesn't happen very often. Happy New Year!
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