Can we come to your party?

 After a giant snooze from the mornings sunrise escapade we headed to The Windermere Hotel for high tea. This beautiful old colonial place was originally the boarding house for the male tea planters from the UK. Now it is a beautiful hotel that has become a strange time warp. The walls are covered with old photos of the colonial set, the team planters, the guests at parties, showing the golden age of rule. 

We had a room to ourselves, beautifully decorated and heated by a coal fire. And ate scones, sandwiches and an array of cakes. We asked what was their plans for celebrations for New Year weee and on hearing that they were having a band we asked to join. 

We arrived back there at 10.30pm and sat on the veranda listening to a band and as the time ticked nearer New Year our welcome for the guests and staff became warmer and warmer! We were up dancing with the guests and staff and saw the New Year in sipping champagne and eating cake. Such an incredible evening and then I got the band to sing Happy Birthday to Jenny and all the guests warmly extended their birthday wishes. What an evening! Thank you Windermere Hotel for warmly welcoming us.