Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Saturday, 14 April 2012
The Best!
Here the best things to do and visit in London:
*Best museums:
-Victoria and Albert Museum
-Museum of London
-Tate Modern
-Natinal History Museum
-Tate Britain
*Gardens and Parks:
-Kew Gardens
-Hampstead Heath
-Kenwood House
-Queen Mary´s Gardens
-Battersea Park
-St. James´s Park
*Walks:
-Regent´s Canal
-Southbank
-Hampstead
-Greenwich
*Shops:
-Oak Studio (8 Perrins Court, Hampstead)
-Daunt Books (193 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park)
-Magma (8 Earlham St, Covent Garden)
-Shops in Columbia rd
-Rococo chocolates (321 Kings Road, Chelsea)
-Slanchogled (arts and craft materials, 66 Chalk Farm Rd, Candem)
-Urban Outfitters
*Markets:
-Borough Market
-Columbia Rd Market
-Portobello Market
*Neighbourhood
-Hampstead
-Belsize Park
-Chelsea
-Covent Garden
*Bars, Pubs, Restaurants:
-Caipirinha Spiritual Bar (Ferdinand St, Candem)
-The Toucan (19 Carlisle St, Soho)
-Jamie´s (Covent Garden)
-Freemason´s Arm (32 Downshire Hill, Hampstead)
-Oliver´s Fish and Chips (95 Haverstock Hill)
*Best museums:
-Victoria and Albert Museum
-Museum of London
-Tate Modern
-Natinal History Museum
-Tate Britain
*Gardens and Parks:
-Kew Gardens
-Hampstead Heath
-Kenwood House
-Queen Mary´s Gardens
-Battersea Park
-St. James´s Park
*Walks:
-Regent´s Canal
-Southbank
-Hampstead
-Greenwich
*Shops:
-Oak Studio (8 Perrins Court, Hampstead)
-Daunt Books (193 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park)
-Magma (8 Earlham St, Covent Garden)
-Shops in Columbia rd
-Rococo chocolates (321 Kings Road, Chelsea)
-Slanchogled (arts and craft materials, 66 Chalk Farm Rd, Candem)
-Urban Outfitters
*Markets:
-Borough Market
-Columbia Rd Market
-Portobello Market
*Neighbourhood
-Hampstead
-Belsize Park
-Chelsea
-Covent Garden
*Bars, Pubs, Restaurants:
-Caipirinha Spiritual Bar (Ferdinand St, Candem)
-The Toucan (19 Carlisle St, Soho)
-Jamie´s (Covent Garden)
-Freemason´s Arm (32 Downshire Hill, Hampstead)
-Oliver´s Fish and Chips (95 Haverstock Hill)
Friday, 6 April 2012
Best purchcases
I bought a few things while I was in London, but my favorites are my brouches!
1- Butterfy and clay bird from V&A Museum shop.
2- Vintage French Brouches from LÓrangerie (Columbia Road)
3-Saturn and orange pencil from Magma (Covent Garden)
4- Vintage brouches from Portobello Market
5- Cloud and heart from The Oak studio (Hampstead).
6- Vintage plastic brouches (Columbia Road)
7- Pins from Habitat
1- Butterfy and clay bird from V&A Museum shop.
2- Vintage French Brouches from LÓrangerie (Columbia Road)
3-Saturn and orange pencil from Magma (Covent Garden)
4- Vintage brouches from Portobello Market
5- Cloud and heart from The Oak studio (Hampstead).
6- Vintage plastic brouches (Columbia Road)
7- Pins from Habitat
DAY 82: It´s not goodbye, it´s "see you soon"...
Well. What can I say, but: I´m going to miss everybody and everything!
Now, with my huge suitcase and an extra bag (mainly full of books, presents and M&S cookies) have to travel in low cost. I just get tired with the only idea of trevelling back!
But I know I´ll be back soon. And now, I have people to visit.
I´m really happy with my time here. Time went really fast!
Now, with my huge suitcase and an extra bag (mainly full of books, presents and M&S cookies) have to travel in low cost. I just get tired with the only idea of trevelling back!
But I know I´ll be back soon. And now, I have people to visit.
I´m really happy with my time here. Time went really fast!
Farewell Dinner
I had dinner with Maria, Nadia and Angela at The Freemasons Arm Pub. It´s such a beatiful place, and the dinner and desserts were really good. We had a very nice time speaking Spanish. Iá very sorry I forgot to take any pictures!
Maria gave a farewell present: Amelie and BBC´s Pride and Prejudice!
Best present ever! Thanks a lot, María!
Maria gave a farewell present: Amelie and BBC´s Pride and Prejudice!
Best present ever! Thanks a lot, María!
DAY 81: Tooting Blood Centre
Today was my last entire day here in London, as I´m leaving tomorrow (time has gone so fast!).
I went to Tooting Blood Centre to the Red Cell Immunology Lab. I was so impressed! I know it sounds as I´m a freaky, but, sorry, in this subject I am. I was very lucky to be with the scientists all morning. It´s so impressive how they can identify 4-5 diferent antibodies in the same panel. And they have a lot of samples to investigate antibodies against low incidence antigens.
I thank every people in the Lab for being so kind at me and answer to all my questions!
I went to Tooting Blood Centre to the Red Cell Immunology Lab. I was so impressed! I know it sounds as I´m a freaky, but, sorry, in this subject I am. I was very lucky to be with the scientists all morning. It´s so impressive how they can identify 4-5 diferent antibodies in the same panel. And they have a lot of samples to investigate antibodies against low incidence antigens.
I thank every people in the Lab for being so kind at me and answer to all my questions!
DAY 78: ART
A bigger Picture
Today I went to see David Hockney´s exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.
His paintings are so bright and vibrant!
Every landscape makes you feel you´re inside of it. He painted some of the landscapes from memory and some from observation. I was amazed by the Ipad drawings and the films (9 different cameras focusing on different parts of a road filming at the same time).
The photocollages were nice also.
In the tunnels, he painted the same trees in different seasons, and I love to see the Autumm because I could feel the afternoon sun warming my skin just by seeing the painting. The same happened in Hawthorn Blossom, I could feel the perfume of the bloosoming flowers.
I had to see the exhibition twice because I really enjoyed it!
TATE Britain
If you want to see a beatiful museum without the excess of tourists, you should visit The TATE Britain. I walked Pimlico streets and arrived to the museum.
It was so quiet and calm.
I really like Ophelia (by Millais), I can feel the cold water by staring at it. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (by John Singer Sargent) is so cheery, and those are my favorite paintings there.
Today I went to see David Hockney´s exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.
His paintings are so bright and vibrant!
Every landscape makes you feel you´re inside of it. He painted some of the landscapes from memory and some from observation. I was amazed by the Ipad drawings and the films (9 different cameras focusing on different parts of a road filming at the same time).
The photocollages were nice also.
In the tunnels, he painted the same trees in different seasons, and I love to see the Autumm because I could feel the afternoon sun warming my skin just by seeing the painting. The same happened in Hawthorn Blossom, I could feel the perfume of the bloosoming flowers.
I had to see the exhibition twice because I really enjoyed it!
TATE Britain
If you want to see a beatiful museum without the excess of tourists, you should visit The TATE Britain. I walked Pimlico streets and arrived to the museum.
It was so quiet and calm.
I really like Ophelia (by Millais), I can feel the cold water by staring at it. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (by John Singer Sargent) is so cheery, and those are my favorite paintings there.
Italian dinner
I had dinner with Maria and Rita at Jamie´s. I love Jamie Oliver. I watch all his programs when I was in Argentina, and cook some of his recipes as well.
Food was really tasty. We shared some Italian bread and Polenta chips (my favorites!). I had the pumkin culurzone, and the Italian ice-cream bombe.
Very nice place, food and company.
Food was really tasty. We shared some Italian bread and Polenta chips (my favorites!). I had the pumkin culurzone, and the Italian ice-cream bombe.
Very nice place, food and company.
DAY 78: Spring day in Chelsea
What-a-nice-day!!!
Today it was so sunny!!!
And I decided to take a walk around Chelsea. It´s a lovely neighbourhood, full of perfect people and shops. A little posh for me, but it´s beatiful.
I started in Sloane Square, seeing some shops and walking the clean streets with white houses and private gardens.
Kate Spade shop has so beatiful things!, but I can´t afford almost anything!
Then I took King´s Road and reached the Saatchi Gallery. Well, that´s a great space of art, and it´s free! The building is so wide, and the art is modern, with nice sculptures and installations. The shop has some original stuff.
In Duke of York´s square there was a food market, I bought a lime-coconut cupcake and sat under the sun to eat it and see people pass by.
After this break, I walked all King´s Rd, and then went to Thames. You know I love this river, and Chelsea bridges are so elegant, like Albert bridge, it´s so fancy (like Chelsea).
I saw the Justice walk and its nice houses, and then croosed the river to the Battersea Park. It´s so wonderful the Spring!, I really enjoyed this park. There´s a Pagoda by the river, and a lake, and some vintage structures from the Festival of Britain in the 50´s. I looked for Henri moore´s sulpture like half an hour, but it´s by the lake if you want to find it.
The Battersea Power Station is really near this park, and it looks like it´s watching over the people in the park.
The views by the Thames are great.
I crossed again and walked by the river, the Physics Garden already closed, so I continued till the Battersea Power Station, I thought maybe, when I come back to London, it will be different.
Then I went back to Sloane Sq. and took the Underground.
Today it was so sunny!!!
And I decided to take a walk around Chelsea. It´s a lovely neighbourhood, full of perfect people and shops. A little posh for me, but it´s beatiful.
I started in Sloane Square, seeing some shops and walking the clean streets with white houses and private gardens.
Kate Spade shop has so beatiful things!, but I can´t afford almost anything!
Then I took King´s Road and reached the Saatchi Gallery. Well, that´s a great space of art, and it´s free! The building is so wide, and the art is modern, with nice sculptures and installations. The shop has some original stuff.
In Duke of York´s square there was a food market, I bought a lime-coconut cupcake and sat under the sun to eat it and see people pass by.
After this break, I walked all King´s Rd, and then went to Thames. You know I love this river, and Chelsea bridges are so elegant, like Albert bridge, it´s so fancy (like Chelsea).
I saw the Justice walk and its nice houses, and then croosed the river to the Battersea Park. It´s so wonderful the Spring!, I really enjoyed this park. There´s a Pagoda by the river, and a lake, and some vintage structures from the Festival of Britain in the 50´s. I looked for Henri moore´s sulpture like half an hour, but it´s by the lake if you want to find it.
The Battersea Power Station is really near this park, and it looks like it´s watching over the people in the park.
The views by the Thames are great.
I crossed again and walked by the river, the Physics Garden already closed, so I continued till the Battersea Power Station, I thought maybe, when I come back to London, it will be different.
Then I went back to Sloane Sq. and took the Underground.
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| Sloane Sq. Station |
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| Lime and coconut cupcake |
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| Anthropologie |
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| Albert Bridge |
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| Battersea Park |
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| Henri Moore |
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| Battersea Power Station |
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