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Archive for December, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged card, cat, christmas, Ditz, gato, kart, kedi, navidad, noel, Pussaby Maitland, tarjeta, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 31 December 2012| 2 Comments »
NEW YEAR GIFTS FROM EDA
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged armağan, cat, christmas, christmas ornament, gato, gift, hediye, kedi, navidad, noel, noel süsü, ornamento de navidad, regalo, yeni yıl, yılbaşı, yılbaşı süsü on 29 December 2012| 2 Comments »
This morning a lovely and smiling postlady brought a big package from Eda.
Inside a colorful and lovely gift wrap, there were lots of surprises: a vintage style cushion cover, a christmas tree ornament, a film for watching in long winter evenings and a caaat bookmark! Wooow!
Dear Eda, thank you for all and happy new year!
PETER PAN CUP 2012
Posted in CHRISTMAS, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, LONDON, PARKS, tagged 2012, Christmas Day, Hyde Park, London, Londra, Londres, natación, open water, Peter Pan Cup, race, Serpentine, Serpentine Swimming Club, swimming, yarış, yüzme, yüzme yarışı on 27 December 2012| 2 Comments »
Since two years we are going to watch the Peter Pan Cup swimming race on Christmas Day morning at Serpentine in Hyde Park. It’s nice to walk early morning in empty London streets and then to watch Serpentine Swimming Club’s yearly tradition.
Waking up at five o’clock to be there on time (because on Christmas day there isn’t any public transportation and there are only few black cubs on duty) and getting out in a dark and cold winter morning, is not looking so sympathic maybe but enjoying the emptiness and the silence of the streets, having fresh winter morning air in Hyde Park, receiving candies as Christmas Day treats from Santa who is waiting us in Serpentine, listening the bagpipe which is announcing the beginning of the race, watching the bravehearts jumping in the ice cold brown waters of Serpentine, is quite a good experience for two foreigners who live in London.
This year, the race was as successful as last year’s. But this year, when the swimmers were out of the water and running to the mulled wine for heating their purple bodies, we were as wet as they were because of the rain which is quite surprising thing in our little kingdom.
LONDON CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Posted in CHRISTMAS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, TRAVEL, tagged Bond Street, christmas, christmas lights, decoracion, decoration, dekorasyon, lights, London, Londra, Londres, luces, luz, Mayfair, navidad, noel, Oxford Street, Regent Street, süsleme, yeni yıl, yılbaşı, ışıklandırma on 26 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Day morning we woke up at five o’clock in the morning for going to watch christmas swimmers in Serpentine in Hyde Park.
Last year, when we were walking there, we were quite surprised to see Oxford Street totally empty for the first time. This year was the same.
So, we enjoyed the emptiness of the main, busiest and most popular streets of London and took some christmas lights photos. The photo above, is taken at 7.30 o’clock in the morning in Oxford Street.
The Regent Street…
Mayfair…
Bond Street…
A VERY BRITISH CHRISTMAS FEAST
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged banquete, British Christmas, cat, cena, christmas, dinner, feast, gato, hindi, kedi, London, Londra, Londres, navidad, Navidad İngles, noel, noel yemeği, pavo, purry, turkey, yemek, yeni yıl, yılbaşı, ziyafet, İngiliz noeli on 25 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
Last year was our first christmas in London and we were very excited about it. We were familiar with christmas traditions in our country and many other countries but, except the one of the best christmas movies Love is Eveywhere, we didn’t have so much idea about British christmas.
We decided to experience it in a fancy place with a nice christmas dinner. (Then, we were thinking that the christmas feast and the turkey time was Christmas Eve like in a lot of countries but we were wrong. Brits eat Christmas feast on 25 of December, Christmas Day and not dinner, lunch). All restaurants were taking reservations for christmas dinner (which was totaly different thing, this was for the christmas parties which people make with their friends in restaurants instead of home and during all december but no in christmas eve or day.) So we didn’t make christmas dinner shopping and until last day kept our hope for finding somewhere but we were wrong again. At the end, Christmas Eve and Day were not very “feast”ive days for us. After some light snack at home, we went to one of our favorite pubs (luckyly was open) and enjoyed the live music and warm British beer.
This year, after watching since two years all kind of Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, …etc “christmas special” food programs, we decided having our “Very British Christmas Feast” at home. Days before we made our grocery shopping and ta taaa!
British turkey stuffed with meat, chestnut and onion and oven roasted potatos with goose fat: done!
Brussel sprouts and carrot cooked in our style: done!
Christmas pudding with brandy cream and mince pies: done!
Christmas crackers (of course purry ones): done!
Instead of eating on Christmas Day, we had our christmas dinner yesterday evening, on Christmas Night. After the dinner, we realised why Brits eat christmas feast at lunch instead of dinner when we were drinking cups of tea and trying to digest all those goose fat, brandy cream, etc. We were planning to go this year again to the pub for the live music, having more booze and dancing. But we were knock-out and drinking tea, lying at the couch and looking to our christmas lights.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Posted in CAT, CHRISTMAS, tagged cat, christmas, gato, kedi, kitten, London, Londra, Londres, navidad, noel, Relax It's Just Christmas, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 23 December 2012| 2 Comments »
THE TEA HOUSE
Posted in FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, SHOP, VIDEO, tagged çay, book, Covent Garden, dükkân, el té Turco, Katharine Branning, kitap, libro, London, Londra, Londres, shop, té, Türk çayı, tea, The Tea House, tienda, Turkish tea, video, Yes I Would Love Another Glass of Tea, YouTube on 21 December 2012| 2 Comments »
As two people who grown up in Turkey, the tea is a important thing in our daily life. We love the tea and at home, we have always ready a good brewed tea in our teapot. And when the tea jar is less then half full, we immediately visit our tea shop in Covent Garden.
The Tea House at Neal Street no:15, is our favorite tea shop in London. This 30 years old, small, cozy shop has a variety of tea leaves and also any kind of teapots, tea cups and tea accessories.
By the way, after talking about our relationship with the tea, with this magical plant’s leaves, here is a video we like and want to share with you:
CHRISTMAS POP-UP MARKET AT DALSTON PIER
Posted in CHRISTMAS, EVENTS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, MARKETS, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged alışveriş, christmas, compra, Dalston, Dalston Pier, London, Londra, Londres, market, mercado, navidad, noel, pazar, pop-up, shopping, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 20 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
Small, 5-6 stalls pop-up christmas market at Dalston Pier. It’s worth only if you are in the neighborhood.
CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST THERE
Posted in CHRISTMAS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged christmas, decoracion, decoration, dekorasyon, door, kapı, London, Londra, Londres, navidad, noel, ornament, ornamento, puerta, süsleme, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 20 December 2012| 2 Comments »
SANTACON 2012
Posted in CHRISTMAS, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged 2012, christmas, event, Father Christmas, flashmob, la Plaza de Trafalgar, London, Londra, Londres, navidad, noel, Noel Baba, San Nicolas, Santa Claus, Santacon, St. Nicholas, Trafalgar Meydanı, Trafalgar Square, yeni yıl, yılbaşı on 15 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Santacon was less joyful compairing the last year’s but the thing which was not missing certainly was the originality. This year there were some new Santas in the town.
The Beach Santas…
Santas throwing Brussel sprouts to Elfs…
Pink baloon Santas…
Some holy personages visiting Santas…
Cool Santas…
Stylish Santas…
And some examples of this year’s Miss. Santa creations…