My last days in London

Yes, that's right, I'm leaving London. I'm leaving in the morning, in a few hours from now. Maybe this year was not my best one, but living in London was undoubtly an interesting experience. It has made me realize, that an image (of a school, a city or even a country), which was created in the past and was planted deeply in people's mind, can be so strong, that people still believe it, eventhough the values behind it do not exist anymore. It has also helped me to learn about myself, and gave me new goals to achieve. Although it has partially altered my way of thinking, it has also streghten my viewpoint on other things.

This monolog could go on for a while, but as the primary function of the blog suppose to be showing off my photos, let me show you the last two images I took in London. They have nothing to do with Christmas, you might not even be able to tell that they were taken in December, or in London, but they (together with some other photos I took this year) might present the city from a different perspective (different from what you usually see in a London tour guide book). London is not just about the Big Ben, red phone booths, guards with funny hats, happiness and wealth. And despite the myth, it is not raining all the time.

The blog will probably be on hold for a while, but I might have posts from time to time, so do not forget to check occasionally.


/the picture was taken at the Elephant & Castle underground station, after I visited my university for the last time/

October

I found a few more pictures I took in the beginning of October. These were all taken either on my way to the university or there. The one on the left is the structure of the gasworks at Bromley-by-Bow while the other one was taken from the 11th floor of LCC, at Elephant and Castle. The two pictures at the end of this post are snapshots at the tube station at Bank, which were taken while waiting for my train.

Elephant and Castle (in b&w)

Working on my major project proposal, and several other projects, are keeping me busy these days. Almost 3 weeks have passed by since my last post, so I decided to upload at least something, which I already have on my computer.
These photos have been taken about two weeks ago, after I attended a 35mm camera workshop at uni. This was my first time taking pictures with an SLR film camera (Pentax K1000, 50mm fix lens, ISO 400 b&w film), so basically it was just experimentation. It was fun, but I guess I will stick to my "old" DSLR cam :)

The streets of London

For this time, I put together some images which I could not really fit into any specific topics of the previous weeks. So some of these were taken back in March, although the majority is already from April. They are the results of the small walks I had around Elephant and Castle when I had some time. I think they do not need any further explanations, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
/I know, I showed you several squirrels before, but I still get surprised when I meet one, on my way to the uni, and I just have to take a picture of them./

Just the usual, London

Being busy with school project, does not help me exploring the city. And even if I decided to visit some "unknown" areas, I just tend to be held up by the usual things. Today we had such a surprisingly sunny weather, I just could not stay sitting at my desk, so I opened up London´s sity map, and I pointed at Regent´s Park.
On the way, I came across the famous big wheel, the London Eye (or EDF Energy London Eye, how it´s called recently), and guess what has happened. I stayed there till dark.















I could not miss taking some photos from good old Big Ben with the Parliament in sunset, and some lampions which has been left there from last week´s Chinese New Year celebration (maybe I´ll post some pictures from that event next time).

























And some more clichés I wanted to add earlier. Well, there´s nothing to tell about the Tower Bridge, unlike that phone booth on the left. It´s actually situated on my way to school, close to my house. It gives an essence of the area ;)



And I will close this post with some interesting buildings I see almost every day. I thought I will finish writing earlier, but at half time I went to the kitchen making a coffee, when I had to face the fact that a mouse is enjoying my things in the larder cupboard. So as a break, it took some time to clean up the mess my new little friend has made. London has a surprise for me for every day. Cheers!