Aaand on sunday (november 15) i went to London to meet a friend, and as we met at Victoria station at 10.50, we were just in time for the Changing of the Guard, wich starts at 11.30. At first we didn't see anything, but as time passed and we hold our ground and people left, we got a pretty good view. They were wearing they winter mantels again (last year we went london at january...) so no red coats again. But it was bice to watch.
After that we ate at the London Eye, and walked along the eastern bank until the path run out, then crossed to the west bank through the London Bridge.
I was surprised about the number of churches we saw, both small ones
and a really big one (i think it's Saint Paul's, i wish i've been in a better mood and had taken a closer look)
up to the Tower, and then i came home from Fenchurch street. I got a terrible hadache, as always when visit a real big city at daytime, i just cant stand the crowd and noise. But i was at home at 6 o'clock, and it was a nice day, and a nice week, overall :)
Sunday 22 November 2009
Múlt hét - Last week 1 - Poppy day and Christmas opening
(Ez most hosszú lesz :) ) (Loong post :) )
It was so busy (erm... at least for my standards) that i couldn't pull my thoughts together.
First, we had Poppy day, i mean Armstice day or Remembrance day, on the 11th of November. At 11 o'clock the whole factory stopped for two minutes. I don't remember if we observed it in the recent years, but maybe just i was away, i usually visit home in november.
So we just had the machine broken and i asked the setter to help, when he said with an oddly solemn face, in a low voice, that we will have to wait. I asked, and he explained - i already knew about this day, i saw it on the high street a few years back when it was on a saturday, and also read about it. The natives know about it too, but we foreigners were quite unaware of it, so i had to explain it about 5 times...
After we went back to work, we had a conversation whit the setter, i asked a few things, told him a few things that were different at home in Hungary and we agreed about the stupidity of the loss of so many lives even today. I mean all the time.
I was relived too, when he said that this is for both sides, for all sides to be exact, so not just the heroic british dead, but for anyone, anywhere. I told him that this was always a strange thing for me, being here and knowing that my country was on the other side, but this will not bother me anymore.
After this, on saturday (the 14th), i went shopping, and saw a small but fabulous parade on the High street. Literally fabulous. At first i thought it was a belated Poppy-day parade because of the brass band leading the procession.
There were all kind of cartoon and fairy tale figures following (and i had a very stupid angle to make pictures),
some imperial stormtroopers (very impressively patrolling),
a big and funny deer,
Santa's Grotto with real deers!
... small deers too :)
Cinderella's carriage drawn by two big and beautiful horses, the big bodied type whit the hippie legs - they were very agitated by all the drumming and music and crowds, the coachman could barely hold them back - but soooo beautiful... i just llllove these kind of horses :)
and a few more drummers
Actually the White Witch was there too with Ginarrbik but i messed up that pic.
They where advertising mostly, i think, one of the big shopping centres and at least two stage plays (Cinderella and Narnia) but it had a very "Official Start of the Christmas Season" - feeling for me :)
Especially as in the same week, all the blue-and-silver decorations wnt up - blue and silver, as the city's colours are blue and white. I still prefer the grees-red-gold combination, but this year the decor is pretty, unlike last year when it was simply colt and ugly. We have sparkles now, and it helps a lot :)
Plus the german christmas market came back again with the little wooden shops, oversized pans whit every kind of sausage, and half a dosen different kind of sweets booths. And of course the glühwein stand, whom sell Jägermeister as well. All set for Christmas :)
It was so busy (erm... at least for my standards) that i couldn't pull my thoughts together.
First, we had Poppy day, i mean Armstice day or Remembrance day, on the 11th of November. At 11 o'clock the whole factory stopped for two minutes. I don't remember if we observed it in the recent years, but maybe just i was away, i usually visit home in november.So we just had the machine broken and i asked the setter to help, when he said with an oddly solemn face, in a low voice, that we will have to wait. I asked, and he explained - i already knew about this day, i saw it on the high street a few years back when it was on a saturday, and also read about it. The natives know about it too, but we foreigners were quite unaware of it, so i had to explain it about 5 times...
After we went back to work, we had a conversation whit the setter, i asked a few things, told him a few things that were different at home in Hungary and we agreed about the stupidity of the loss of so many lives even today. I mean all the time.
I was relived too, when he said that this is for both sides, for all sides to be exact, so not just the heroic british dead, but for anyone, anywhere. I told him that this was always a strange thing for me, being here and knowing that my country was on the other side, but this will not bother me anymore.
After this, on saturday (the 14th), i went shopping, and saw a small but fabulous parade on the High street. Literally fabulous. At first i thought it was a belated Poppy-day parade because of the brass band leading the procession.
There were all kind of cartoon and fairy tale figures following (and i had a very stupid angle to make pictures),
some imperial stormtroopers (very impressively patrolling),
a big and funny deer,
Santa's Grotto with real deers!
... small deers too :)
Cinderella's carriage drawn by two big and beautiful horses, the big bodied type whit the hippie legs - they were very agitated by all the drumming and music and crowds, the coachman could barely hold them back - but soooo beautiful... i just llllove these kind of horses :)
and a few more drummers
Actually the White Witch was there too with Ginarrbik but i messed up that pic.
They where advertising mostly, i think, one of the big shopping centres and at least two stage plays (Cinderella and Narnia) but it had a very "Official Start of the Christmas Season" - feeling for me :)
Especially as in the same week, all the blue-and-silver decorations wnt up - blue and silver, as the city's colours are blue and white. I still prefer the grees-red-gold combination, but this year the decor is pretty, unlike last year when it was simply colt and ugly. We have sparkles now, and it helps a lot :)
Plus the german christmas market came back again with the little wooden shops, oversized pans whit every kind of sausage, and half a dosen different kind of sweets booths. And of course the glühwein stand, whom sell Jägermeister as well. All set for Christmas :)
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