I thought that I had seen a lot of people up in Edinburgh for Hogmanay, but take 2 million people all walking through the street to one huge mile long stretch of beach and you know that there is going to one big party, especially when everyone is dressed all in white for the occasion.
We bought caiprainhas and some food from a street stall and found our spot on the beach, heaping sand up to make a kind of lounger, lit some candles and placed the white rose we´d bought to the side.
The atmosphere was electric and a lively mix of ages, families, friends, lovers, strangers and two londoners; with no idea what time it was.
And the the sky exploded.
I´ve seen fireworks and some inpressive ones to boot, but they set off so many fireworks all across the sky, both high and low and everywhere in between, such that for a minute afterwards there was so much smoke that you couldn´t see anything...
And then it continued and continued for half an hour with the backdrop of classical music playing along the promenade. And the crowd, the most animated, vocal and happy i´ve seen.
When the fires of the sky ended an applause began that spread across every one of those two million. And that was just the start.
Till three in the morning Jus danced whilst I watched and fell asleep...
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