bright Brighton

We took the train to Brighton. 

My last visit was 18 years ago. 

Brighton had not changed, I just a little.

This building seemed to float on water. 

It was not clear if it is been build of on a verge of decay.

Royal Pavilion had the same feel. 

It was grand and exotic mixture of the Victorian era and Eastern culture. 

We went for real English afternoon tea.

Blackbird tearoom is what I imagined England to be at its lovelies. 

Here having tea with my lovely sister-in-law.

With her flowery jacket, she seemed to belong at this garden tearoom.

Mr. Fly

They had the most romantic toilet.

I love beautiful toilets.

finding home

My friend C told me to find your small home when moving. A small home is something that stays the same while cities and countries change. Her small home is her yoga mat. For me small home is library, but also this book about stretching. Everywhere at a library I feel at home. I even borrow the same books, like Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice.   

 

I bought this flowery potholders.

My husband said, I cannot find any tea towels to go with it.

Luckily there where the Moomins.

 We celebrated my husbands birthday with a cheese cake of the street.

Our neighbours  gave us a bottle of rose wine.

 It was raining the hole day. 

My husband decided to teach our son chess.

In the end the pawns had princess hats for getting to the other side.

Hyde Park and Kensington

Prinsess Diana Memorial Park at Hyde Park is wonderful with kids.

It is like stepping into Peter Pans world.

My son was ready to climb everywhere.

In the Park there where these music instruments you could play by jumping on them.

After all that exploring we got hungry.

Luckily my husband knew a child friendly place,

 called Coco Momo, to go in South Kensington. 

Service was very friendly and 

my son got the best fish fingers ever.

Last on our trip was Natural History Museum.

But everyone else wanted to see the dinosaurs too.

So we bought tickets to Sebastian Salgado exhibition in another part of the museum.

We got to see lots of skeletons and some dinosaurs, just in the arriving hall.  

The Salgado exhibition was peaceful and with beautiful contrast black and white photos.

london

 

Nothing makes me feel better about living abroad than playing a tourist for a day.

My husbands workplace UCL. 

They really like castles here.

Queen was in. 

We figured she was sleeping since we did not see her.

 I finally bought my Toms, 

after trying them in three countries.

 In St. James´s Park they had a playground whit snails.

Just like our own garden.

I bought from Fornum & Mason tea and biscuits. 

In England they are biscuits not cookies I have learned.

making friends and settling

We got this delicious homemade soda bread from our neighbours as we where leaving from their barbeque. Our neighbours have been very kind and showed us all the good places to go in Walthamstow. They have advised us on schools and shops and places to see.We feel so welcome. We have made friends.

 I got some new reading.

 These herbs neet to be put into pots.

 Here at Lloyd Park with our upstairs neighbours.

My son was happy at his first visit to skate park.