Happy New Year! (2009)

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Happy New Year! - out with the old and in with the new - again. I wish everyone happy and fulfilling adventures for the next year.

I'm in Edinburgh for the New Years - in Scotland the celebration is called Hogmanay and has it's own associated traditions - first footing (visiting friends homes), singing "Auld Lang Syne" or more accurately singing the known few words and miming/droning the rest - I think this is an international tradition now - though in Edinburgh more people know the song - Robert Burns the 19th Ayrshire Poet who wrote the piece is a national hero.

The year 2008 has been one of global change and uncertainty, the global recession known as the "credit crunch", the shift in popular opinion that has resulted in a growing green movement and the election of Barack Obama to US presidency and the hope that globally comes from this - 2009 promises to be interesting times.

Best wishes to everyone reading.

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Comments

[the soul cultivator]

:*k’* e HAPPY B ø kø NEW ºøøº¤ YEAR•:•
Dear Ali.......Wish you a very happy, healthy and enormously successful 2009. Hoping to see more blogs from you this year ! X

[Alan and Donna]

Happy New Year
Hi Ali, great photos, as always. Where will you be traveling in 2009? Thanks for giving travelers the opportunity to share their experiences with the world on travelblog.org.

[ciotog og]

Happy New Year, Ali! All the best for you and Travelblog for 2009!

[Mercurycatcher]

Happy New Year
Belated New Year greetings to you....have a great 2009 and keep on enjoying your travels. Mike

[Kerry]

7 years today since the launch of this site
I have to congratulate you on 7 yrs since you started this site! It has to be the best one out there. I just wish that you'd write more blogs and let all us armchair travellers know what you are up to. Keep up the good work!

[feliciana t.go]

Fireworks at edinburgh vry fantastic

[cayla]

nice
i love fungi because i need it for a school project. I think these pictures might get me a good grade. love them