Anyone who has ever celebrated the arrival of a New Year in Spain, will know all about the 12 grapes!
It’s Spanish tradition to gobble these 12 little fruits – one on each of the twelve midnight gongs, to mark the start of the new year. That’s one grape a second…
It sounds easy, but believe me it’s not! 
Last night I struggled to breathe as I popped the last grape into my already full mouth. As a mixture of grapes and pips washed around inside, I was horrified when each member of my boyfriend’s family began kissing and hugging each other, cheeks still bulging.
Then for the champagne toast. They have a neat little song which goes like this: “Arriba, Abajo, Al Centro y Para Dentro.”
This literally translates as: “Above, Below, In the Middle, And Inside”…Although it doesn’t sound so good in English as there’s no rhyme!
So now you know how I spent New Year’s Eve to see in 2010 – how did you spend yours?! Oh and Happy New Year
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