London Calling 2012 - Part 04
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nausicaa83Fourth and final part of my London 2012 entry. ^^
We had lunch at an anatolian restaurant close to the British Museum. Amazing stuff, very tasty.
With a heavy heart and freezing bodies because, god, it was so windy and cold, we went to St Bartholomew's Hospital. We were on the right side of the road, and trying to understand exactly where we were in the scene, and I was talking with my nose in the air "...but that's the little brick building, so the cab must have stopped there, so the body must have been... here". I stopped, looked at my feet, and there was a red H painted in the right spot. From that point on, I got my eyes all full of tears, and Tati too. We really had the right weather for the situation, I swear.
This was on the wall right there. I think the mistake is cute, because it felt like whoever wrote this was feeling as moved as we were and didn't stop to check the grammar.
Then we moved on the other side of the road to take pictures from John's point of view.
There's the little freaking building that spawned so many "how-on-earth-did-he-do-it" theories. The weird thing is, it's a very small area, smaller than it feels like in the episode. It looks like there's no way one can pull a magic trick a-la The Prestige in such a small space. My money is on miniaturized Sherlock inside a time-travelling robot.
After that we needed to cheer up a bit and went to the Tower Bridge, so that Tati could take some quick pictures. By then it was freezing, windy, and we had just been crying our eyes off. This picture though turned out lovely. ♥
We did a quick stop at Kensington Gardens to that Tati could see the Peter Pan statue. A squirrel came down a tree, and approached me for food. Squirrels do not do that in Italy. If you see a squirrel here, you're lucky if it's running very fast from tree to tree some two hundred yards from you. This one came close enough to eat from my hand.
I do love this picture. *__________*
We stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe to get some final souvenirs, and I got another bear. Meet Captain Martin Crieff. :D I also got the drumsticks, since I already have the HRC Rome ones, and I'm thinking I should start a collection. ^^
On Sunday it was sunny and warm again. This is the view from our room. It was the highest room in the tallest tower, but the view was so lovely.
In the morning we went to the National Gallery. They have some incredible masterpieces, but the organization is rubbish. They even have paintings on two rows on the walls, I was horrified.
Postcards! \o/
Toffee Apple Crumble to sweeten the departure.
Our bags at the airport. We're two Pink Ladies indeed. ^^
We walked so much I even dug a hole in my favourite Converse shoes! :D
Everything I bought for myself (no souvenirs for friends and family in this picture). When we had to pack our common bag on the way back Tati came very close to strangling me.
The lovely cat in the dreamy blue light is a very un-limping Sakura, who's absolutely fine and not ashamed at all of the scare I got right before leaving.
Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Thanks for reading! ♥
We had lunch at an anatolian restaurant close to the British Museum. Amazing stuff, very tasty.
With a heavy heart and freezing bodies because, god, it was so windy and cold, we went to St Bartholomew's Hospital. We were on the right side of the road, and trying to understand exactly where we were in the scene, and I was talking with my nose in the air "...but that's the little brick building, so the cab must have stopped there, so the body must have been... here". I stopped, looked at my feet, and there was a red H painted in the right spot. From that point on, I got my eyes all full of tears, and Tati too. We really had the right weather for the situation, I swear.
This was on the wall right there. I think the mistake is cute, because it felt like whoever wrote this was feeling as moved as we were and didn't stop to check the grammar.
Then we moved on the other side of the road to take pictures from John's point of view.
There's the little freaking building that spawned so many "how-on-earth-did-he-do-it" theories. The weird thing is, it's a very small area, smaller than it feels like in the episode. It looks like there's no way one can pull a magic trick a-la The Prestige in such a small space. My money is on miniaturized Sherlock inside a time-travelling robot.
After that we needed to cheer up a bit and went to the Tower Bridge, so that Tati could take some quick pictures. By then it was freezing, windy, and we had just been crying our eyes off. This picture though turned out lovely. ♥
We did a quick stop at Kensington Gardens to that Tati could see the Peter Pan statue. A squirrel came down a tree, and approached me for food. Squirrels do not do that in Italy. If you see a squirrel here, you're lucky if it's running very fast from tree to tree some two hundred yards from you. This one came close enough to eat from my hand.
I do love this picture. *__________*
We stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe to get some final souvenirs, and I got another bear. Meet Captain Martin Crieff. :D I also got the drumsticks, since I already have the HRC Rome ones, and I'm thinking I should start a collection. ^^
On Sunday it was sunny and warm again. This is the view from our room. It was the highest room in the tallest tower, but the view was so lovely.
In the morning we went to the National Gallery. They have some incredible masterpieces, but the organization is rubbish. They even have paintings on two rows on the walls, I was horrified.
Postcards! \o/
Toffee Apple Crumble to sweeten the departure.
Our bags at the airport. We're two Pink Ladies indeed. ^^
We walked so much I even dug a hole in my favourite Converse shoes! :D
Everything I bought for myself (no souvenirs for friends and family in this picture). When we had to pack our common bag on the way back Tati came very close to strangling me.
The lovely cat in the dreamy blue light is a very un-limping Sakura, who's absolutely fine and not ashamed at all of the scare I got right before leaving.
Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Thanks for reading! ♥
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Date: 2012-04-02 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-04-02 08:10 pm (UTC)Lovely stuff you bought! I laughed when I saw Sakura on the final photo. I was going to ask what shop you picked up the cat from.:D
Loving all the food I see on the pictures! Good for you both, that's the way to live!:)
It's so obvious that you and Tati had a great time! I'm super glad for you, yay!♥
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Date: 2012-04-02 08:12 pm (UTC)I was planning to get her off the bed to take the picture, but then she gave me the puppy eyes. I'm so weak.
I *love* taking pictures of food. Tati was always making fun of me, but I think it's great fun, and it helps keeping track of the time when you look at the pictures back home.
We had such a great time, YAY! \o/
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Date: 2012-04-02 08:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-02 08:24 pm (UTC)I wish I could just live there. ♥
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Date: 2012-04-02 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-04-03 11:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-03 11:37 am (UTC)Mi spiace di non averti chiamato mentre ero lì, ma non ho davvero avuto un minuto libero. Infatti oggi mi sono svegliata con i polpacci a pezzi, mi sa che i crampetti post-sgambata dureranno fino a pasqua...
Non vedo l'ora di fare altre London Walks, sembrano tutte interessantissime! *________*
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Date: 2012-04-03 08:02 pm (UTC)Lo sono! Mi piace che non sono solo turistiche, ci sono tantissimi Londoners, sono veramente una rivelazione per tutti!
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Date: 2012-04-03 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-03 02:00 pm (UTC)Ha-ha! The National Gallery suffers from an embarrassment of riches in comparison to the space they have, and when they remove paintings, there is an immediate uproar, so the place is laid out in different stretches a bit like an art-seller's stall at a street bazaar. I was horrified to find Fra Angelico's beautiful painting of Mary Magdelene carrying her jar of perfume encrusted with an icon-like oclad of gold leaf and cabochon gems at the bottom of a staircase! Even so, I was glad to have seen it at all, you know? It could've been tucked away in the vaults for the period when I was in London and at the National Gallery, and I might never have had the experience of seeing a real Fra Angelico painting — which would have made my life a little less enriched. So, they can leave their paintings up in that street bazaar fashion, as long as they leave their paintings up.
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Date: 2012-04-03 03:00 pm (UTC)I do agree with you, but I think the only real solution should be to put half the paintings in nearby buildings, so that visitors could see them all with care, and just have to walk a bit longer. Like, putting all the paintings from the 1700s in one building, then putting a sign near the exit that tells you where the next exhibition is.
It would not be a perfect solution, but seeing a Caravaggio 6 meters from the ground, blinded by the light coming from the ceiling, it made my heart bleed. ;_;
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Date: 2012-04-03 03:49 pm (UTC)Che belli i tuoi acquisti! <3
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Date: 2012-04-03 03:50 pm (UTC)Lo shopping in viaggio è la mia droga. :D
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Date: 2012-04-03 06:03 pm (UTC)i live 40 minutes from London and you've put me to shame with all the stuff you saw!
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Date: 2012-04-03 06:20 pm (UTC)And I graduated in Archaeology too. ^^"
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Date: 2012-04-03 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-04-05 05:04 pm (UTC)I´m so happy for you you´d such a great and special time!
And you´re wearing the necklace on the pics :D *jumps happy around* For sure you´ll always remember this beautiful trip! :D
And the Sherlock-note!!! I wish I would find one in my part of Germany! I´ve to put one on my own at a wall somewhere out!
Thanks for your great report and all the beautiful pictures! I really enjoyed you entries! :)
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Date: 2012-04-06 03:41 pm (UTC)I wore the necklace everyday, I'm glad it's visible in some pictures. *_________*
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Date: 2012-04-07 12:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-07 01:07 pm (UTC)Martina diventa sempre più brava con la nail art, e visto che a me piacciono i colori sgargianti e i disegni pazzi ci divertiamo tantissimo a sperimentare. :D
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Date: 2012-04-15 03:30 pm (UTC)Ohh bellissimo l'ombrello! <3 E tra l'altro... Bellissimi anche i tuoi maglioni! :D Sia nella prima foto che in una delle ultime! *.*
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Date: 2012-04-15 04:30 pm (UTC)Grazie! Il maglione coi fiori l'ho comprato in Sicilia a Natale, é una marca spagnola di cui mi sono innamorata da morire, mentre l'altro é Oviesse, caldo ma non pizzica, quindi lo porto sempre con me. *-*