Despite being packed like sardines in the tube, the crowd outside came as a shock. We moved (didn't walk) with the sea of excited faces (chinese and non chinese). Stalls on either side sold lanterns, ballooned pigs and chinese food. People took pictures with them, or walked the streets with them. Surprisingly, while a majority of the crowd was tucking in on chinese food, the chinese were biting into Mc Donald burgers. We crawled with the crowd, desperately seeking a chinese stall we could get to! After an hour of walking and feeling clastrophobic, we managed to enter an italian eatery (so much for chinese new year). We sat by the window, glad we weren't part of the sea of faces outside.
The celebrations ended that day with the fireworks that had everyone glued to Trafalgar Square.
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