…is spent in the library at LCC. With my mac, and a mocha. Word, Evernote and Safari are my friends. Three weeks to go before the deadline is here, and I have to finish in time before the paper is sent for proofreading next week. At this stage I’m writing up the findings, and I’m glad that the survey and the interview I had with August Media really gave me some new discoveries. To be continued! Meanwhile, I hope you’re enjoying your weekend, maybe with more relaxing activities?

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Bar Story, Peckham, Friday night

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Stonehenge, quite a dramatical experience. What a place!

We used the Bank Holiday for renting a car and hit the English motorways. On the left side. And when I say we, I mean myself, Aina and Dorien.

Stonehenge seen from the car, seems quite small, but that is just in distance.

The first stop was Stonehenge, the mysterious place that nobody knows the story behind. It’s located in the county of Wiltshire, just a couple of hours drive from London (and that includes a coffee stop along the road). Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones, and some believe that it was built as early as 3000 BC. A must to visit if you’re on the roads in England, and now I can tick of that historical box…

The next stop on the route was Bath, another historical place that brits are quite proud of. It’s located in the county of Sommerset, 156 km west of London. Bath was actually first established as a spa resort by the Romans in AD 43, and that’s the reason behind the unusual name. The Romans built Baths and a temple on the surrounding hills of Bath in the valley of the River Avon around hot springs. The population of the city is now nearly 84,000.

It is easy to see the Roman influence in these buildings. The pictures are from The Circus, in the middle of the city.

We were blessed with a blue sky!

The day ended in the small village called Salisbury on the way home to London – and had dinner (at a pub, of course… meal deal) Quite pleased, seeing two World Heritage Sites in one day (the pub was not included, but OK, let’s say it’s on the list over typical English places to go anyway).

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While the sun was shining in London on Saturday, Aina (a friend of mine) and me decided to go to the popular Camden Market to look at strange goods, funny shops and interesting people.

Cute shop

A brief description of Camden Market, taken from Wikipedia:

The Camden Markets are a number of adjoining large markets in Camden Town near the Hampstead Road Lock of the Regent’s Canal (which is usually called Camden Lock), often called collectively “Camden Market” or “Camden Lock”. The stalls sell crafts, clothing, bric-a-brac, fast food, and other things. It is the fourth most popular visitor attraction in London, attracting approximately 100,000 people each weekend. A small local food market has operated in Inverness Street since the beginning of the twentieth century (this market lost stalls as local supermarkets opened; as of 2010 this market retains only three fruit and vegetable stalls, which do not open on Sundays, in addition to stalls like those in the other markets). In 1974 a weekly crafts market held every Sunday near Camden Lock was started; a large complex of markets grew from this small beginning. The markets have a mixture of temporary stalls and fixed premises.

The market is full of cute little things, tastes and views. Here are some of the things that we won’t forget:

Scrabble rings? Find a word with ten letters…

The cupcake icing probably looks better than it tastes.

London Calling!

Hi there! I’m a Russian doll, or, actually, I’m a bit confused, am I a pillow?

Aina fell in love with these rose rings.

Want a fish massage? (I have a feeling that these little creepy ones bite you, and it may tickle?)

A flying pig.

Hope your weekend was full of peculiar things like this as well…

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Like I promised yesterday, I’m adding some photos from my super-weekend with my friend Steffen, who came from Oslo this Friday for a short weekend trip. Shopping was obviously on the menu.

We were looking, he was shopping. And I was inspired by cup trees like this. This tree is from Selfridges. Would be rather stressful to have one in my living room, but a nice idea!

My friend Tracy took us to a lovely Spanish restaurant in Soho for lunch.
Tapas and rosé wine was on the menu, of course.

…before we continued the shopping. Like I said, I was mainly looking. At this chair, for example, that I would love to have in my flat. Maybe if I was rich?

For dinner we entered a pub with a beer garden (with BBQ in the back corner!) Because BBQs are permitted in all London parks, this was the second BBQ meal of the whole summer. Lovely (but not really healthy)! After a delicious meal, we found our way out to a club in Shoreditch.

Sunday was dedicated to Covent Garden. And a couple of Snogs.

Healthy, as it is frozen yoghurts with your own choice of fruit and other toppings. Mmmm.

The ice bar also had a fascinating decoration in the ceiling, with colourful lightning!

I hope he would like to come back.

^^)

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