Yup, just after midnight fireworks which lasted about a half hour in our neighbourhood, I made my excuses and toddled off home. I was ready for bed. Midnight hours are a thing of the past as I advance in my dotage.
My native NZ was the first to see the New Year in. Although news services make more fuss about Sydney, NZ merely gets a mention. Some news services even classify Sydney as being the first; they’d better get the atlases out, or today it would be more appropriate to check Google Maps. They also get their facts wrong, a news item yesterday mentioned 1.5 million people in Sydney. but only 1 million in Copacabana; in fact there were more than 2 million in Copacabana this year.
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Auckland’s Sky Tower gets the honours of being the most publicised.
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Anyway, I’ve never seen it. In fact, I never even saw the celebration in my home town. I always thought that people were fools to rush into the Square and much preferred private parties with friends.
It’s all over now, the world can return to normal and continue on its course of destruction.
Today promises to be hotter than yesterday, which was bloody-hotºC, so the temp today could reach very-bloody-hotºC and mean a lot of chilled beer to stay sane.
I went to the neighbour’s for BBQ, just a few friends there. Way to much food, which I made an earnest effort to reduce. Watched the fireworks at midnight and that’s where I came in, read the first paragraph…
Watered the plants, checked the passion fruit vines; flowers again yesterday. If they don’t start producing some fruit I may have to pollinate the flowers myself. Because the bees don’t seem to be doing their job.
Time to poke my head out the gate. I know the botequim is open, I may have a beer before lunch.
Later.
Wishing you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR, AV. Like your good self, I’m normally not one for burning the midnight oil but last night was an exception because not only did we see the New Year in here in Spain but we waited up for England-shire to follow suit. Even more amazing, is the fact that I drank only 3 glasses of wine throughout the entire evening – Goodness, do you think I’ve suddenly turned in to a ‘grown-up’ – perish the thought!! May 2015 be joyous and happy for you! xx
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:Lottie, and to you. Thanks for your company throuout the year. If my neighbours hadn’t invited me to their BBQ, I would have been in bed by my customary 10:30 fighting against the ‘bangs’ for sleep. I am shocked, three glasses… that’s probably the equivalent in beer that I drank. I decided long ago to never grow up, it implies that one should be responsible; perish the thought!! I have no concrete plans for 2015, but it could see me on the road again; I still have a lot of South America to see.
AV
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Wein auf Bier, das rat ich dir.
Bier auf Wein, das lass sein.
That’s what I was taught. Zum Wohl!
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>Andrew, sehr gut… 🙂
AV
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Imagine that, spending xmas and New Year in the heat, perhaps I will fly away from this cold and join you next time.
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>Alex, join me…. why, am I falling apart? A warm Christmas and New Year are good, much better than all that yucky cold stuff, nice in photos. 🙂
AV
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