As most companies, my office organises a New Years party for all the employees, completely free of charge. Apparently such an event needs a long preparation as time, because halfway February can hardly still be called the real new start of the year, but this was in any case the moment when ours took place. The venue was San Marco Village, a large place which is decorated in Italian style, with even some kind of replica of the original square from Venice as the main hall. Dress code was relatively formal, which meant no jeans allowed, but no gala dresses needed either. (which in some way is a pity as I've always wanted a good excuse to buy a great fancy dress :P)
The party started well with free drinks and too many appetisers before entering the dining room. Too many, as I was hungry and couldn't resist taking each and every tasty piece of food that was offered, and like this spoiling a bit of my appetite for the real dinner. ;) Dinner itself was served in a private hall with big tables, as much wine as you wanted and a four course meal. Starters, soup, buffet and then really yummy deserts and coffee.
Having the first drinks and snacks and on the rights some colleagues and behind them the rest of the dining hall.
Around eleven the rest of the party moved to the San Marco Square where a live band performed for a couple of hours. There are better bands of course, but for the occasion an venue I think it was very nice and as a lot of very known songs were played it did seem most had a good time on the dance floor.
After the live band a DJ took over and I think the owners of the place presumed that most people by then would have drunk enough to not mind the lousy music. I drank a couple of glasses of wine, so it remained very funny, but the guy really was crap and played awful music at times, urging several people to the bar to get even more happy I think. :P
The entire evening was in my opinion a success anyway, I had a great time, the food was good, the people as well. Even the awkward moments caused by partying with all people from one office were funny, although Monday morning felt weird in a way. ;)
Dancing and me an some colleagues after too many drinks posing for a ridiculous photo.
Coming home wasn't so good though, as the first thing I saw was myself from afar in the mirror. Weird sport were visible around my mouth, which turned out to be purple when having a closer look. Damn that red wine... Water didn't erase it, my nails did, so in the morning the purple spots were replaced by red ones at the places where I had been scratching my lips. :P
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