Thames Barrier, London

Thames Barrier, London and London skies …
Some things just intrigue me. One of these things was the Thames Barrier, I guess because I like water and everything that has to do with it. And because the design of the barrier somehow reminds me of the Opera House in Sydney, which is a beautiful […]

Blue Man Group

I took a picture of this bus on one of my first days in London, after my move, in the beginning of March. Already there I noticed the face of this Blue Man on the bus. And these blue faces popup on several places in London, in the underground, in cafe’s, in cinemas. […]

Stationsign

“Is this today’s newspaper?” he asks, picking up my Metro from the seat beside me.
A young boy, 14-15 years, baseballcap, trainers, asks me politely.
“Is it yours?” he asks.
“Yes, but you’re welcome to read it.” Kids reading the newspaper, good thing, stimulate it.
“Oh, I’m sorry about that.” He gave me back the paper.
“No go on, no […]

Hey, isn’t that …. Yes indeed it is.
I was a bit too early for my fast Victoria train home from work, and in stead of waiting for it, I decided to try something different. And that ended, well, rather surprising. Definetely not the last time I will change my daily routine. This was fun. As […]

Warning Sign

Warning sign
- Do you work round here?
- Yes.
-Interesting?
-It has its moments
A lot of paper.A lot of pens.
That immediately came to my mind, when I entered the Toothing Jobcentre Plus Office (cool name huh?) to have my interview to get a National Insurance number. (Needed to be able to pay incometax - why do I […]

Heavy Loads not permitted

Now, I have 2 questions:
1. Why did they use the “” around Heavy Loads ?
2. And what do they mean with Heavy Loads in the first place ? How heavy are we talking about ?
(Picture taken at an Underground station, and I don’t rrreally remember which one at the moment (annoying isn’t […]

Rolls

And I said:
“Maybe you and I should drink a cup of tea together? Shall we say: The Cafe - 3pm?”
As he really was rolling a Rolls on the Mall in St. James Park.
(And while we are rolling in Royalty Liz is having her 80th birthday today. B. and I are invited for a cup […]

At the movies

At the movies, filmpremiere on Leicester Square, London
You got them.

St. Paul’s Cathedral
to be back in London.

“Hey, you want skunk ?”
That was one of the first things people asked me when I hopped off the underground in Camden yesterday.
“No thanks” I said. I am crazy enough in my head already without that.

Trainpain - a poem …

London Cityhall

London by night, Cityhall on the left
“Hello Cityhall”, I said.
“Well hello, are you here again ?” he said. “And at this hour ?”
“Yes I am. ‘Cause weren’t you supposed to have poetry on you this night ?”

Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf - the spaceship, just landed
If you look through the Tower Bridge on this picture, you can see the skyscrapers in Canary Wharf. And that is where I went today.

Page Street, Westminster

Page Street, Westminster
Or 5 weeks in London, a wrapup.

I drink milk, and a lot of it. In my tea, but also pure. And so I went to the supermarket for some milk. And again - I couldn’t believe my eyes. I am used to buy my milk in a 1 liter carton, or if I’m really thirsty I sometimes buy a 2 liter […]

The Girl and The Thames
This is the Thames. And when you look at it, the water doesn’t really look clean. But clean or not, this is the water I get out of my tap at home. We get our drinking water from the Thames up here. And it looks clean coming out of the tap, […]

London City Hall
On a day like today, where spring has arrived in London, I don’t need anything else than my book. a sandwich from Marks & Spencer (still waiting for love flowering at the counter for people with under 5 items though), and a bench in a park to sit on.
The sun is delightful, and […]

Don’t run

Please don’t run
Stay with me
I feel sad
When you run
Sands of time
Are lying
On my chest
Stay in bed
I feel sad
When you run
Notes:
the lyrics are from Air - Run - a weird but beautiful song, and lyrics that couldn’t be more perfect for this picture.
if you are wondering what a “dangerous” place this […]

London Cityhall

London Cityhall
Excuse me, I just need to clean my hands after having indulged my Chicken Teriyaki sandwich for lunch. Life is definetely not bad in London.
Well this is your weekly (long and boring) update about how things are going in London. 4 weeks, goodness, time surely flies when you are having fun. And […]

Just a short review of yesterdays Sigur Ros concert.
The good:
The Hammersmith Apollo hall is a fantastic concert place. Like Shepherds Bush Empire this is a concerthall with style, beautifully decorated and build like a kind of half circle around the stage. Excellent sound too.
Sigur Ros has one of the most beautiful visual appearances I have […]