For me, the only countdown to midnight has to be Big Ben - nothing else will do...
Well, we were a very merry group of around 16 people last night, and for some reason, we all squeezed into the kitchen instead of the sitting room and its blazing fire. The kitchen TV was turned on to count down to midnight on the only French channel our wonky handset could find, bizarrely, a strip-tease countdown with lots of performers down to their thongs...how very French...
We then thought we would celebrate again at the British midnight, one hour later, but I still didn't get to see Big Ben as we watched the countdown with Jools Holland!
So, I have put on this picture of Big Ben, to give all British ex-pats everywhere a little taste of a Big Ben New Year and extend my best wishes to all for 2012!
(photo AP/Alastair Grant MP)
Happy New Year and all the very best for 2012.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jo - and the same to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you. We had fireworks last night around our little snowy, frozen inland lake in Michigan, USA.
ReplyDeletePat - Ah, snow! I bet it looks beautiful in Michigan...
ReplyDeletehappy happy new year to you Carol, I hope its all you wish for.
ReplyDeleteLots of good luck with your ebay- mind you, you have such delicious things for sale I'm sure luck won't be needed!
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I seemed to miss that too! I did drink lots of champagne though and fell into bed at 3am :-)
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T & B - Oh thank you! And the same to you! Let's hope 2012 is a good one.
ReplyDeleteYonks - Hope you managed a lie-in next morning!