We decided to celebrate New Years Eve in London this year (09/10). Some of our lovely friends from Sydney were making the trip over to the UK around that time, so we figured ‘why not!’.
Going against all the advice we’d been given about spending a new year’s eve in London, we booked our tickets for the Hed Kandi Glitterball at the O2. Woo!
So on new year’s eve morning we packed our little overnight bag and headed up to the big smoke. Met up with the guys for a lazy pub lunch in Notting Hill and then checked into the sulubrious Travelodge at Kings Cross.
As it was a glitter theme we decided to put a bit of sparkle into our outfits for the night haha! We set off all dolled-up in our finery to Ramona & Justin’s hotel for a few drinks to get in the mood.
Once we’d had a few glasses of fizz we were ready to go. It was all very relaxed which was quite refreshing compared to the usual new year’s panic. We got the tube all the way to the O2, picked up our tickets, put our coats in the cloakroom and went straight to the bar… we couldn’t believe how easy it had all been, topped with the fact that they were offering 4 shots for £10!! Brilliant!!
The evening proceeded into drunken singing and dancing as these things tend to and as the clock struck 12 the Hed Kandi glitterball exploded. It was very emotional! More singing, more dancing, more drinking…
We really didn’t want the night to end, we were still dancing after we’d got our coats and were heading out of the door. What an awesome night!
So then came the weirdness… stuck on a tube with hundreds of other partygoers can swing either way. We’re all drunk and talking nonsense so you make friends with the ‘tube people’ sharing stories of the night. We got a crazy idea in our heads that we would carry on the party somewhere else but after a few circuits of the northern line (because we were too drunk to work out where we were going), we decided to call it a night…
Probably a good idea!
So all you people out there… don’t listen when someone tells you London is crap for New Years Eve. If you plan it right and get into the right atmosphere it can be as brilliant as anywhere else, just know when to call it a night!
Thanks to our Sydney peeps for making it such a special night 
