it really depended on where you were standing as to the kind of night you had

Liverpool Life I didn't manage to get to the closing ceremony for the Capital of Culture last year, the 'Transition', though I did see the rather stupendous fireworks from the flat, so loud were they that we could feel the vibrations on our window frame. I've had a glance around online to see what I missed:

Pete Carr (Vanilla Days): "They played this great video of the history of Liverpool. It featured farmers herding Superlambananas, all the various events through 2008 and a hilariously sad looking Boris Johnson cartoon figure. The 3 Graces looked amazing lit up, and they also had a lantern arrangement by the canal link which was really beautiful."

Robin Brown (Liverpool Culture Blog): "Thanks to some idiotic regulations in force at the Albert Dock we were faced with the choice of watching betweeen a gap in the Pumphouse and Dock buildings or walking around the entire Dock, by which time they would have certainly been finished. Lunacy."

Christopher Brown (Metro): "Then the location, the Pier Head is a closed off space so once it was full thousands were ineffectively siphoned off to towards the Albert Dock and Arena further along the waterfront, unsure of where to go.Many will have heard crowds and the odd flash of light but missed the bulk of the video show."

Nikita (Girl Found): "For the first time, I belonged. All around me people hugged and kissed and looked up in awe at the display of human dexterity and kindness around them, we felt proud to be living on Merseyside and we marvelled at the distance the city has come in a few short months. We all sang along to the songs, waved at the cameras and Will and I shared a beautifully tender kiss."

My impression is that it really depended on where you were standing as to the kind of night you had. Did anyone else go? What were your impressions?