Celebrating New Years Eve

With New Years fast approaching the team at Lazyshark have taken a nostalgic trip down memory lane to recall a few of their classic (both good and bad) New Years Eve celebrations:-

1. Sydney, Australia - One of the world's best New Year street parties is meant to take place in Sydney, so it was with great disappointment that I discovered that I was rotared to be working....until midnight! Naturally no-one would swap with me, and so my New Year in Sydney was spent working in a packed A&E unit; then cheering the New Year in with the various drunks in the waiting room before dashing down to the beach to catch the end of the night. Apparently the fireworks that year were legendary!

2. France - Millenium in rural France staying in a friends parents idyllic country farm property. Massive meal followed by a walk to the nearest town where we met a load of locals and ended up partying the night away back at the cottage. Entente Cordiale!

3. Glasgow - Spent a New Years Eve here during my student days. Pub crawl in central Glasgow followed by the Tunnel club until the wee early hours. Remember having to walk about one and a half hours home at 5am - no joy flagging any cabs down... Then crashing at a friends flat - 12 people squashed into a tiny space. Found a spot in the airing cupboard floor!!

4. Trafalgar Square, London - Saw the New Year in at one of London's iconic landmarks some 15 years ago now. Sadly was a bit of a damp squib as it was before the days of fireworks and other organised visual celebrations. Just remember being herded into the packed square, freezing cold with no drink to toast the moment. Then no-one really knew when midnight came so there ended up being loads of sporadic mini celebrations across the square. Not one of the greatest places for seeing in the New Year but it was a great party before and after 12 midnight!!

5. Mendoza, Argentina - One of the most unusual, but beautiful New Year celebrations I have enjoyed was spent in the Argentinean wine growing region of Mendoza. We hired bicycles and cycled around the various Estancias on New Year's Eve to 'select our favourite wine', enjoying the experience so much we forgot which was our favourite and had to go back for seconds! New Years Day was spent eating large amounts of beef at the famous Argentinean 'Parillas' - the best barbeque I have ever tasted, all washed down with lashings of the local Malbec...