Paris on Tuesday, or the first breath you take after you give up

Eighthundred streets by feet

Enjoyed a night stroll along the Docklands the other day...the surreal light was pretty amazing, thought I´d share a picture here...

Petrolhead

Top Gear is a UK TV series that attracts literally millions of viewers every Sunday evening. It is all about fast cars, and it is indeed rather entertaining. I was lucky enough to see one of their shows, lots of fun.

One of the main characters on the show is a racing driver called "The Stig", whose identity remains secret. He is always dressed up in a white racing suit, wearing a white helmet. Bets are on who that might be...some famous Formula 1 driver?

But it wasn't all about sheer horse power, some performances were truly impressive as well. Check out the bike riders...

Dorset

Dorset features miles and miles of largely unspoilt coastline. Very wild, very beautiful....

Durdle Door is a three hour drive away from London, but if you bring along a bit of time you will be well rewarded.

Flying dogs

Had the opportunity to spend a week in New York City, and I had a bit of time before my flight back home to London, so I went for a 4 hour walk through Manhattan.

I actually took quite a few pictures, but I didn't really like too many. However, I thought this one was funny, I call it "Flying dogs", as the dogs were so excited to get into a fight they only managed to have one out of the potential eight legs on the ground...

How to attract tourists

Funny how creative small villages by the sea can become in order to promote the two most important sources of income, beaches and parking tickets. Here, a small village displays hints of ingenuity by combining these two: Watch the policemen have palm trees growing on top of their heads! Amazing stuff!

Leeds Castle Kitsch

It was suggested to me that I should go see Leeds Castle. It is indeed really precious. The picture I took here however is pretty much "Kitsch", I thought. And yes, the swan was really there, no Photoshop applied. Anyone for postcards?

Coffee maker

Went to a photography tour in London City with a couple of friends. Amazing how much time you can spend within a square mile if you only pay enough attention to details. Some of the things we saw however were not exactly small. The Lloyds building is apparently famous. We were told it is called a gigantic coffee maker. Couldn't agree more. Sure looks the part.

I thought some of the reflections were really amazing...

...but there was one place which was really magical. Couldn't believe something like that can be found in the heart of London City. Just had to go back again a few days later, it was all quiet...and that was even more touching...and beautiful.

Any colour you like

The beauty of working in the UK is that you can have an off-site meeting with the team at really nice places. No dull hotel with boring food in the middle of nowhere, but a place where the sun shines and the sea invents new colours by the moment. Lovely.

How to spend a day at the beach

How to spend a day at the beach? You could chill out a bit and watch other people enjoying their beach life...

...or maybe watch wheels in the sky...

...or you could watch a bit more interesting stuff being moved by the wind....

...or you could just look out for a nice place to rest...

...or if you are lucky you could find a place with a view where they serve a chilled pint or maybe two...

Sweet Thames Flow Softly

This weekend I went to see the HMS Belfast, a huge WWII warship, which has found its final rest on the River Thames, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. While there were a lot of things to take pictures of as you would expect, I thought these three boys looking out over the river with their sea cadet hats were funny.

Going to California...

Went on a trip to San Francisco for a week or so. Football was all over the place, and I guess San Francisco 49ers scored quite nicely.

Also found a bit of time to rent a bike and cruise along the coast down south, but I felt the weather wasn't quite as nice as last time round...got soaking wet and stopped after only a few hours.

 

Was strolling along Fisherman's Wharf, and thought the three guys weren't particularly trustworthy. Certainly I felt I would have had a hard time buying a liferaft from these guys. Lucky me, I didn't need one that day... 

San Francisco might have changed a bit over the last two years, I thought. While on the surface everything was still sunny style California, I felt it had become a bit poorer.