![La Plaza, Picena
New Years eve was a blast. Everyone from the village typically meets at the plaza at around 11:45pm onwards. One is invited to enter the Town Hall, and grab a plastic cup. In the plastic cup, one finds 12 grapes. The custom goes: that on every clock chime (12 for the New Year), one eats a grape. This brings good luck and fortune for the new year…
After the clock chimes see the new year, everyone is given a bottle of cava. Typically, it’s a great excuse to pour a drink into someone’s glass, and wish them feliz aNos. Plus, everyone gets that little bit tipsy, cements friendship (or worse), and then where ever the party goes…
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La Plaza, Picena
New Years eve was a blast. Everyone from the village typically meets at the plaza at around 11:45pm onwards. One is invited to enter the Town Hall, and grab a plastic cup. In the plastic cup, one finds 12 grapes. The custom goes: that on every clock chime (12 for the New Year), one eats a grape. This brings good luck and fortune for the new year…
After the clock chimes see the new year, everyone is given a bottle of cava. Typically, it’s a great excuse to pour a drink into someone’s glass, and wish them feliz aNos. Plus, everyone gets that little bit tipsy, cements friendship (or worse), and then where ever the party goes…
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