This
past weekend, I attended my first rugby world cup game viewing and my second Guy Fawkes night in London.
After
a full English breakfast and two hours of sports watching, I settled in for a
long nap back at home because we had big plans for the evening. The weather
threatened to ruin our night with heavy rains and high winds all day, but by 7
p.m., the skies had calmed. Hubby, myself and four friends and their two kids
headed over to nearby Battersea Park.
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Waking
up at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday – my day off – was not my idea of fun, but we had
to get to a pub around 8 a.m. to secure a table to watch England play rugby
against South Africa. This American gal had no idea what was going on during the
game and inquired if a player had scored a “touchdown.” Ha ha!
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| We popped into Fulham Market to watch the rugby game, but it was standing room only. So we ended up at an Irish pub around the corner. |
Every
year around the 5th of November, local communities host Bonfire
Night parties to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, which marks the anniversary of the
discovery of a plot organized by Catholic conspirators to blow up the Houses of
Parliament in London in 1605. I still feel like this is a bizarre tradition,
but hey, I’m all for a party and bit of fireworks. And lucky for us, Battersea
Park hosts one of London’s best fireworks displays, which lasted nearly 30
minutes this year.
Hope
you enjoy the photos in this post! Our group had a blast and ended the night
back at our place with chocolate martinis for the gals and American bourbon for
the guys.
Cheers
from London!
And here was the finale!
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