As you know it was the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, which means her 60th year of reign. For the occasion we had two bank holidays, to make the weekend festival four days.
In Bristol were supposed to be 96 street parties, more than in any other city in Britain. Maybe I didn't get what is a street party, because I saw none. At least not in the city center. I found this nice party in Eastville park, which was held by the philippin community. On stage was a philippin metal group!
Apart from that, it seems that all parties were in bars... not really "street" then.
In Millenum Square was screened the giant parade on the Thames, with 1000 boats. Well, it was nice, but BBC reporters are really crap! They kept telling us about the incredible number of ships and their order and everything before it started, but during the actual parade, they didn't even show them all! It was always focused on the royal barge, and on the bells ship, and on how amazing it is to push the button of Tower Bridge to let the Queen go under while you do it every day for normal people... And most of all, always talking about the weather: "do you think the rain bothers the Queen?"
Well, it was more interesting to watch people. Kids playing in the water basins under the rain and giant lunch and red white blue colors on everyone.
The human-motored ships and the Commonwealth flags
The Union Jack
And, so, the weather!
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