Posted in TURKEY, tagged 1923, 2013, 29 de Octubre, 29 Ekim, 29 October, 90. yıl, Atatürk, bandera, bayrak, Cumhuriyet Bayramı, fiesta nacional, flag, la Republica Turca, milli bayram, Mustafa Kemal Aatatürk, national day, republic day, Republic of Turkey, Türkiye, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, turkey, Turkish Republic, Turquia on 29 October 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today we celebrate 90th year of Turkish Republic. 90 years ago today, the founder of modern Turkey, Atatürk declared the republic and us, the Turks (or Crazy Turks as they call us), we will defend forever his heritage, our secular republic system, our country, our liberty against fundamentalist enemies of our republic.
Photo source here.
Posted in EVENTS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, MARKETS, tagged 2013, araba, car, car boot sale, carro, clasico, classic, classic car boot sale, etkinlik, event, evento, garaj satışı, ikinci el pazarı, klasik araba, London, Londra, Londres, mercado, pazar, segunda mano, Southbank on 12 October 2013| 2 Comments »
Today was a perfect, sunny day in our little kingdom. After a nice breakfast at home we walked to Southbank for a special car boot sale: Classic Car Boot Sale.
It was a very special car boot sale because all sellers came there with their vintage cars and motorcycles, even the food vans were vintage style. It was a real heaven for vintage lovers, classic car and motorcycle fans and there was also some little treats for foodies. We tried lobster rolls of Bob’s Lobster which they were serving from a vintage VW van and it was just “delicious”.
After the car boot sale we walked through Gerrard Street and filled our stomacs with chinese food. Then a little grocery shopping in our favorite Turkish supermarket and finally washing down the chinese food we ate, in our pub with few pints.
Now it’s time for some cups of good tea with homemade peanut butter cookies and enjoy British crime dramas!
Posted in EVENTS, MOTORCYCLE, PHOTO, tagged 2013, 46, Birleşik Krallık, BK, Bretaña, Britain, Britanya, British Grand Prix, carrera, Dani Pedrosa, England, Español, foto, fotoğraf, Inglaterra, Italian, Italiano, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez, moto, Moto GP, motobike, motocicleta, MotoGP, motorcycle, motosiklet, no 46, photo, photography, piloto, race, racing, Reino Unido, Silverstone, Spanish, The Doctor, UK, Valentino Rossi, yarış, yarışçı, İngiltere, İspanyol, İtalyan on 02 September 2013| Leave a Comment »
When we were in Turkey, we were riding in every possible occasion but since we came to London we are away from our bikes and our riding joy and we miss to be on the way again. Normally we are not very big fans of racing bikes or watching the races from tv but we definitely enjoy to watch the Moto GP on the track.
Last four days we were in Silverstone for British Grand Prix 2013 and we came back home with lots of beautiful photos and big smiles in our faces. We watched with big pleasure big boys leaning in the curves just in front of us, heard the amazing voice of the engines during three days.
Three Spanish riders Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa crossed the checkered flag first, second and third but we supported as always our number 46, Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi. Our Italian boy finished fourth the race but still number one in our hearths.
Posted in EVENTS, FOOD, FOOD AND DRINK, LONDON, tagged 2013, chef, Club Gascon, comida, food, food festival, gourmet, gurme, gıda, L'Anima, Le Gavroche, London, Londra, Londres, Regent's Park, restaurant, restaurante, restoran, Taste of London, Theo Randall at the Intercontinental, şef on 23 June 2013| 2 Comments »
Since three summers, we are visiting Taste of London, the world’s greatest restaurant festival in Regent’s Park and tasting delicious meals cooked by the best chefs of London.
Previous years we visited Taste of London first day of the event to avoid the crowd of the weekend but this year, because of our Solstice trip to Stonehenge, we went there saturday. Maybe because of choosing the early session, maybe because of the bad (no waaay!) weather it was not so crowded as we concerned.
This year also we headed first to our favorite chef in Taste of London, to Chef Francesco Mazzei’s L’Anima. Then we continued with other meals in other restaurant stands we choosed from the list. After finishing the food tasting we enjoyed our mojito while we visit food sellers’ stands. There, our most delicious find was the half kilo smoked buffalo mozzarella from Fratelli La Bufala (can’t wait to eat!). Windy and rainy day but happy stomacs!
Fettucine with wild mushrooms, Grana Padana Riserva and black summer truffle by L’Anima. 
Pan-fried scallops served in the shell with pancetta, red chilli, parsley, capers, lentils di Castellucio and chopped rocket by Theo Randall at the Intercontinental.
Foie gras and truffle burger by Club Gascon.
Boudine noir et poitrine de porc, jus à la tomate épicée (pork belly and black pudding, tomato spiced jus) by Le Gavroche.
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This is the full page advertisement published in NY Times by Turkish people during the resistance of 2013.
Posted in EVENTS, TRAVEL, TURKEY, tagged 2013, 21 de Junio, 21 Haziran, 21 June, archeology, arkeoloji, arqueologia, Britain, celebration, ceremonia, ceremony, direniş, diriliş, El Parque de Gezi, England, gündönümü, Gezi Park, Gezi Parkı, Inglaterra, kutlama, la Plaza de Taksim, resistance, seyahat, solstice, solsticio, stone circle, Stonehenge, Taksim, Taksim Meydanı, Taksim Square, Türkiye, travel, turkey, Turquia, UK, viaje, yolculuk, İngiltere on 22 June 2013| 2 Comments »
Yesterday was the longest day of the year and to celebrate the solstice, we headed to Stonehenge, to one of the most spectacular places where the celebrations take place.
We visited first time Stonehenge two years ago. The circle of 4 tones stones was under protection and visitors could only walk around the circle. But for the solstice, the circle was open the public and we had a chance to visit every part of this 5000 years old archeological site.
The site was open for the celebration from 7 pm Thursday evening untill 7 am Friday morning. Because of the weather conditions, Friday morning we couldn’t see a spectacular sunrise but it was very interesting to see people coming, different costumes, rituals, musics, dances from the evening until early morning.
We couldn’t see the sunrise but considered ourselves lucky when we heard that it rained fourteen hours without break last year. We really enjoyed to be there but it was sad to see the damage caused by people in this 5000 years old archeological site in only twelve hours.
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Since three weeks we are very excited about what’s happening in Turkey. Last week, we couldn’t keep following more from the internet and tv and we went there for one week. We became more excited when we saw the good things happening there and we felt sorry about our died, injured people during the resistance for democracy, freedom and human rights. We came back few days ago but our hearts are still in Taksim.
Posted in EVENTS, LONDON, SPORT, tagged 2013, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League Final, deporte, El Estadio de Wembley, El Final de la Liga de Campeones, estadio, football, futbol, German, London, Londra, Londres, soccer, spor, sport, stad, stadium, UEFA, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Stadı, Şampiyonlar Ligi Finali on 31 May 2013| Leave a Comment »
Last saturday, we were at Wembley, in one of the London’s most important and spectacular stadiums, for the Champions League Final match between two German teams: Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
Wembley Stadium, is a national stadium where most of the major sport events take place. The actual stadium is rebuilt with it’s spectacular arch, in the same place of the old one and reopened in 2007 with a capacity of 90000 spectators.
After hopping off from the tube at Wembley Park, it wasn’t like Britain anymore for one day. Announcements in German, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich flags everywhere and Germans everywhere.
German fans rocked the stadium and created an unforgettable atmosphere beside the first class football match and we really enjoyed that night.
Posted in ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged 2013, Dia Internacional de Guerra de Almohada, flash mob, guerra de almohada, International Pillow Fight Day, London, Londra, Londres, pillow fight, Plaza de Trafalgar, Trafalgar Meydanı, Trafalgar Square, Uluslararası Yastık Savaşı Günü, yastık savaşı on 06 April 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today another colorful flash-mob activity took place in our little kingdom. The International Pillow Fight Day celebrated by Londoners at the Trafalgar Square in London.
Despite some dirty fighters who were fighting with synthetic pillows and who were distroying all the charm of flying feathers, it was fun. During one hour, bravehearths battled like crazy. All of us finished the day covered by feathers (and maybe with some small damage in our little grey cells) but smiling.
Happy International Pillow Fight Day!
Posted in ART, CAT, EVENTS, LONDON, MISCELLANEOUS, tagged 2013, Andy Warhol, art, arte, cat, Charlotte Champion, Christopher Wood, Debbie Urquhart, Elizabeth Balckadder, escultura, etkinlik, event, evento, Feria de Arte de Londres, galeri, galeria, gallery, gato, heykel, London, London Art Fair, Londra, Londra Sanat Fuarı, Londres, painting, pintura, resim, sanat, sculpture on 24 January 2013| 4 Comments »
Where is art, there is cat. Here are some of this year’s London Art Fair cats:
Fred in a Box by Elizabeth Blackadder, etching in an edition of 80, £1600.
Fred on Top of the Cupboard by Elizabeth Blackadder, etching in an edition of 80, £1600.
A Cat named Sam by Andy Warhol, lithograph with extensive watercolour applied by hand, 1954, £5500 (each).
Still life with Cat I by Debbie Urquhart, 2012, oil on board, £1200.
Sourice et Griffeminette by Charlotte Champion, 2012, bronze, limited edition of 8, £4500.
Siamese Cat Asleep by Christopher Wood, 1925, oil on board. This same piece was in exhibition last year also in London Art Fair. Actually, this is not the only piece of art we saw repeted in London Art Fair 2013 and we couldn’t understand the gallery owner’s mentality for exhibiting same piece two years in a raw in a such limited -few feet squares- exhibition space.
Posted in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, LONDON, MUSEUMS, tagged 2013, Andy Warhol, Anna Gillespie, art, arte, Business Design Centre, David Hockney, escultura, Feria de Arte de Londres, foto, fotoğraf, Francesco de Molfetta, galeri, galeria, gallery, Henry Moore, heykel, London, London Art Fair, Londra, Londra Sanat Fuarı, Londres, Nancy Fouts, Pablo Picasso, painting, photo, photography, pintura, resim, Robert Bradford, sanat, sculpture on 17 January 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today we visited London Art Fair which takes place between 16-20 January 2013 in our neighborhood, at Business Design Centre. London Art Fair celebrates largest-ever fair in 25th year. There are total of 100 UK and international galleries in the main fair and 30 young galleries exhibiting new work in the Art Projects section. Among them there are art works of major artists like Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore, David Hockney, etc. and also lots of young artists. You can own your own Picasso drawing for £57000, Hockney drawing for £28000 and Warhol lithograph for only £5500.
We really enjoyed the fair again but for us there was a proud part of the fair this time. We knew that one gallery from London bought one of the photos of Kerim for one of their artists for using in two of her art works: one collage and one sculpture but we didn’t see the pieces until today. And there was it! It was a big pleasure to see the works where they used the photo and for us it is the most important part of this year’s fair.
Same as last year, this year also the galleries made a selection for all tastes. So we make a mixed art taste selection also for this post and in the next posts we can share our favorits. Here are some of them:
Peacemaker by Nancy Fouts, 2012, metal, wood and painted rose thorns, £6000.
Snack Barbie by Francesco De Molfetta, 2009, hand painted and glazed terracotta, £6000.
Butterfly Owl by Nancy Fouts, 2012, taxidermy owl & butterfly with wooden perch, £4800.
Spencer by Robert Bradford, 2012, objects screwed on wood, £3000 (each).
To the Limit by Anna Gillispie, bronze, £15000.
A Cat From London 