DAY 77: Friday night out

I had so many plans for tonight!
But then, I finished really late, and left the hospital after 6!

I was at home, struggling with myself to take nap or leave for David hockney exhibition.And Nadia called me to see what plans I had. Finally I conviced her to go to the exhibition.

When we got there, my fast-track tickets were sold our, and we had to queu for 2 hours to go in. We decided hunger was more important than Art, and went to have dinner at the Soho, at Leon. Nice place, and nice food. I liked the old pictures on the walls. And so we had time to catch up. Then we had a beer with some friends of Nadia, very nice people.

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Kate Spade Shop in Chelsea

Victoria and Albert Museum and Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton

I went to see Cecil Beaton´s exhibition celebrating the Queen´s Diamond Jubilee. Beatiful portraits of the Queen and her family. I liked that vintage atmosphere, the dresses where fabulous, the flowers in the pictures set by Mr. Beaton himself, and the light is so dramatic in some pictures.
You can see the Coronation Ceremony photographs also.
My favorites, the one when the Queen is 16 years old, with her mother and sister, specially one in wich they appear with normal dresses, right after the War finished.

Victoria and Albert Museum


I think this is my favorite museum here in London. A lot of sculptures, some by Rodin. A beatiful garden. Fantastics galleries of Indian and Oriental Arts and ceramics. A whole room full of tapestries from the 1500. A lot of silverware (I love the Art Deco silverware). It´s great!
And I love the people that visit this museum, I don´t know, it´s special and peculiar. Really stylish people wondering through the rooms, some of them painting, it´s like they´re part of this magical place.

The museum shops has great things.

Temple Church

Temple Church, in Temple Inn is a beatiful very old church (more than 800 years). Now visited by a great number of tourists since it appeared in the Da Vinci Code. There´s a fee to se it: 3 pounds, but it´s beatifully conserved.

I really liked the effigies of knights lying on the floor. some of then were badly damaged during the war, when an incendiary bomb caused the roof to fell over the effigies. The heads in the circle are very scary.

DAY 75: Colindale Blood Centre

Today I went to Colindale Blood Centre as part of my training. I´m really glad, because it was a very useful and interesting visit.

Best Fish&Chips in the neighborhood

I had Cod fish and chips from Oliver´s (95 Haverstock Hill). Delicious!

It was take-away, but the place is really cozy. And a great idea: Free Gluten Wednesday.

So before leaving, I´ll have some Cod bites.

 

DAY 74: Lomography London Experience

Today I went to pick up my photos!
First time shooting in black and white, I think some photos are very nice!

Films used:
-120 Lomography Lady Grey 400
-120 Lomograhy 400

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"The winter wind blows through my mind and then washed away the sand that left your footprints behind..."

There for you, The Ryan O´Reilly Band

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Southwark Cathedral

DAY 73: by the river

Today I had a day off, and we went for a walk by the river (From the Big ben to St, Katherine´s docks). And then came back to Hampstead to have lunch at Giraffe (hummus with pita bread and a Deli hamburguer). We had some strawberry-lime cider (remembering Stockholm), but we missed Karem.

Then, it was really late even to have dessert, and we had to literally run to Victoria Station. It was so late!
But finally Isa made it to flight.

It was a great weekend!

And going back next week to Madrid.
I will miss so much this city!

As we started to sing (The Ryan O´Reilly Band)

Ryan O´Reilly Band played tonight at The Toucan (Soho Sq).

Their music is great, the lyrics are so sweet, and listening to them is one of the better things to do!

I had ones of their EPs, Emily. But I bought Live in the studio, and their new CD (The blighted apple). A great band. They play almost every weekend in London, you can have a look in the web page to follow their gigs and buy the new CD. (http://www.theryanoreillyband.com/)

I coming back to Madrid next week, but I hope someday they go there to play.

DAY 72: Camden

We started the day at the Euphorium bakery in Hamsptead. And then walked to Camden Market.

We saw the market, buy some things and had lunch (Indian) in the Vespas seats by the canal. It was grey and rainy, but thanks to that there were very few people, and you could walked and see the shops and stands very relaxed.

Happy St. Patrick´s Day (SanPatriciocañas)

We´re off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz

I had bever been to a musical. And I never thought I would like it.
But, apart from the fact I love this story, the actors, the music and the staging were fantastic!

I´ve already decided, every morning from now on, I´ll get up with its music!

DAY 71: London revisited part 2

Today we went to have some English breakfast (bacon and eggs) with Nadia and Angela. And then left for Leicester Sq to buy tickets for a musical play (my choice!: The wizard of Oz).

Saw Covent Garden, and went to Portobello Market. Came back to Oxford Circus for the Theater.
It rained a lot, specially when we were in Portobello.
By the time we wanted to get some dinner, there was no Pub that wanted us. I was really mad!, haw can you say NO!, only because there were 6 of us!

Finally went to a little restaurant that served English breakfast all day long. I had the breakfast and a jacked potato (sharing with Isa).

Marta and Isa in Covent Garden

Peanut butter cupcake at Covent Garden

With Isa at the Albert Memorial

Bizzillion calories waffle in Portobello

My English breakfast dinner