Happy New Year to all my intrepid readers! Some of you will already have had New Year emails which are more flamboyant but to those not on the ’funnies list’ we wish you all a Healthy and Happy ’12. Those of you in the UK will no doubt be looking forward to the Olympics this year…?
Our Year started in style. On New Years eve we took Ottos’ motor boat into town to watch the Firecracker Extravaganza. It started around 12.000 midday and continued in earnest until 15.00.
We watched with our hands over our ears as each shop in the High Street competed for the longest and loudest run of flashes and bangs. Sensible people had ear plugs face masks (for the smoke) and umbrellas for the ash fall out. The city was grid-locked as pedestrians followed the exhibition. We took lunch on the ’Waterfront’ and generally chilled out while the mayhem cooled down. On returning back to the launch we met with Esthers’ friend Maria, who, is out for a spell freelance teaching to young lawyers who need English ‘legalese’ to contend with their jobs. Maria joined us for the rest of the day and the evenings frivolities. We drop by at ‘Piano’ to pick up supplies etc then go on to the house to begin our own entertainment.
The evening is spent eating drinking and being merry. We had a fantastic BBQ on the patio, from where we could see wall to wall fireworks all night. At 24.00 we drank Champagne and toasted the New Year, each other and our combined absent many friends.
Fireworks and bangs continued for the next 2 days...
Our Year started in style. On New Years eve we took Ottos’ motor boat into town to watch the Firecracker Extravaganza. It started around 12.000 midday and continued in earnest until 15.00.
We watched with our hands over our ears as each shop in the High Street competed for the longest and loudest run of flashes and bangs. Sensible people had ear plugs face masks (for the smoke) and umbrellas for the ash fall out. The city was grid-locked as pedestrians followed the exhibition. We took lunch on the ’Waterfront’ and generally chilled out while the mayhem cooled down. On returning back to the launch we met with Esthers’ friend Maria, who, is out for a spell freelance teaching to young lawyers who need English ‘legalese’ to contend with their jobs. Maria joined us for the rest of the day and the evenings frivolities. We drop by at ‘Piano’ to pick up supplies etc then go on to the house to begin our own entertainment.
The evening is spent eating drinking and being merry. We had a fantastic BBQ on the patio, from where we could see wall to wall fireworks all night. At 24.00 we drank Champagne and toasted the New Year, each other and our combined absent many friends.
Fireworks and bangs continued for the next 2 days...
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