Friday, February 22, 2013

Saturday 16 February – How much fun can you have in one day?







Current location: Camden
11.11pm, In Koko, dancing! We'd had a crazy busy, fun, awesome day, which started with a yummy post-birthday breakfast and Andy opening lots of cards and presents.

As a birthday present to himself, Andy had bought tickets to go to a football match of his team, Arsenal, against Blackburn Rovers. He'd never seen them play live (neither had I) and the atmosphere when we got to the Emirates stadium was awesome. There were so many excited fans, and the stadium was full of Arsenal memorabilia, photos and stories. Armed with a pint and packet of crisps, we headed into the stands and practised our chants (helped by a very loud, large man behind us).

As the game kicked off, I thought Arsenal were absolutely killing it. I know nothing about football but they just seemed like they had the ball more, had loads more chances at goal (see, I said I know nothing about football), but just couldn't seem to score. Sadly, with about 15 minutes to go, Blackburn Rovers managed to score. The crowd went...silent. Sad times. With an end score of 1-0, it was a sombre crowd leaving the Emirates (Andy among them) but we didn't stay sad for long, as next on our agenda was Rochy and Jdog's house.

When we got there, they plied us with delicious snacks, and we got ready and transformed ourselves from football hooligans to party-goers. A few beers down, we trekked to The Cuban in Camden and met 12 others for a yummy dinner of paella and tapas (and mojitos, obvs).

To end Andy's amazing day of birthday celebrations, we went to Koko to enjoy a rather awesome Mr Scruff DJ set. I think we literally danced for about four hours, only stopping for one person to head to the bar and refill our drinks. I even managed to get a cup of tea at the end – I love Mr Scruff! Koko is such a cool venue too, it's so beautiful and I love all the different levels and balconies. All danced out by 3am, we hopped in a cab and travelled home in style all the way from north-west to south-east London.

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