Covent Garden

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Ett kort besök i Covent Garden är ett måste på varje Londonresa. Den här gången uppträdde en mycket säker Charlie Chaplinkopia som drog ned en del skratt. Inte minst på grund av att han enrollerade en charmerande liten flicka ur publiken och gjorde henne till sin assistent. Alltid publikfriande!

Lite kockskoj och till sist en ung man med mycket vacker röst som underhöll med några av operavärldens absoluta glansnummer. Avkopplande!

No London visit is a London visit without visiting Covent Garden. This time a Charlie Chaplin copy was very entertaining, much because of his charming little assistant from the audience. Then some fun made of chefs… and others in the kitchen, and last but not least – a voice! A young man singing the most beautiful opera. He was so good that he might win ”Britain’s got Talent” , had he entered the competition. (Maybe he had already?)

According to Wikipedia, the first record of a ”new market in Covent Garden” is in 1654 when market traders set up stalls against the garden wall of Bedford House.The Earl of Bedford acquired a private charter from Charles II in 1670 for a fruit and vegetable market, permitting him and his heirs to hold a market every day except Sundays and Christmas Day.The original market, consisting of wooden stalls and sheds, became disorganised and disorderly, and in 1830 Charles Fowler designed the neo-classical market building that is the heart of Covent Garden today. Further buildings were added—the Floral hall, Charter Market, and in 1904 the Jubilee Market for foreign flowers was built.

By the end of the 1960s, traffic congestion was causing problems for the market,  The following year the market relocated to its new site, New Covent Garden Market, about three miles (5 km) south-west at Nine Elms. The central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980, with cafes, pubs, small shops and a craft market called the Apple Market. The beautiful hall where the opera singer entertained us (the last picture) is the former vegetable market.

Another market, the Jubilee Market, is held in the Jubilee Hall on the south side of the square.The market halls and several other buildings in Covent Garden have been owned by the property company Capital & Counties Properties (CapCo) since 2006.

Weekly Travel theme: Sculpture

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I London finns naturligtvis många fina skulpturer, men en som jag aldrig tidigare sett fann jag nära Victoria Palace Theatre där vi avnjöt musicalen Billy Elliot (rekommenderas verkligen – lysande!).

In London, a couple of days ago when visiting the Victoria Palace Theatre for the brilliant musical Billy Elliot (Go see it! And thank you for telling me about it…though I have forgotten which of you, my blogging friends, who gave me a hint? ), I came across this sculpture of considerable size, and in vibrant colours. So, sorry British Museum, but this is my choice for Ailsa’s theme: Sculpture!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable

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The Weekly Photo Challenge this week is companionable. These two friends are, indeed. They have each other, and here they are companions to my mother too!

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More lovely furs from lovely blogs are here!

Tidig morgonvandring längs Ronnebyån – Early morning walk: Ronnebyån

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Sista vandringen i Ronneby för den här gången går längs den vackra Ronnebyån med dess fantastiska trävillor. Vi går längs vattnet upp mot Ronneby centrum. Tyvärr (för fotografering alltså) genomgår min favoritvilla just nu en totalrenovering och är täckt av byggnadsställningar. Men Villa Haga är en dröm i rosa med burspråk och en glasveranda som jag knappt sett maken till någonstans. Du kan nog se hur vacker villan egentligen är.

Sedan går vi tillbaka och tittar även en bit upp från vattnet mot rosor och matchande bilar…eller kanske tvärtom?

The last Ronneby walk will take us to Ronnebyån and its fantastic villas. They are all beauties in their own way, but to my disappointment (concerning photography of course), my favourite villa, Haga, is now being restored and is covered in scaffoldings. I hope you are still able to see its splendour with bay and glass veranda, all settled in a dream of pink and white.

On returning towards Ronneby Brunnspark, we will pass magnificent roses and matching cars – or maybe vice versa?

Doftträdgården, Japanska trädgården och Rosenträdgården

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The Scented Garden, The Japanese Garden and The Rose Garden. I have to give you a tiny hint of their beauty as well. So, we are back in Ronneby Brunnspark. Follow me on the walk, and you will catch a glimpse of the little lake and the flea market as well! Let’s start where the gulls are sitting, pass the pondering horse (Bäckahästen) and stroll for a while in The Scented garden first…

Bergslagen, Ronneby

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Bergslagen är den äldsta stadsdelen i Ronneby och ligger i stadens centrum runt Heliga Kors Kyrka.

Bebyggelsen har förskonats från de stadsbränder som drabbat Ronneby och på så vis står den äldsta bebyggelsen fortfarande kvar i en gatustruktur som härstammar från medeltiden. Husen är låga, maximalt två våningar höga och är byggda mellan allt från början av 1700-talet fram till slutet av 1800-talet. De nya hus som byggts i närheten är i de flesta fall fint anpassade till den rådande karaktären i stadsdelen.

Varje år gör vi minst en vandring här och njuter av de gamla husen. Mot mitten av sommaren är detta rosornas paradis.

Bergslagen is the oldest part of Ronneby, where the houses all were left standing in the great fires that destroyed so many buildings more than the old Ronneby Brunn hotel. Bergslagen is situated at the centre of Ronneby, close to the Church of the Holy Cross. The street architecture goes back to the Middle Ages and the houses all have a low construction, maximum two stories high, and they are built from the beginning of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century. Newly built houses close by are nicely fit into the established character.

Every year we take a pleasant walk here and enjoy the old, beautiful houses. Towards July this is a true paradise of roses as well.

Weekly photo challenge: The world through your eyes

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The world through your eyes – This is almost a philosophical challenge. But, this time I could not resist the most obvious and straight -on way of interpretation… Here we go, three collegues (can you find us?):

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Travel theme: Ripples

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Ripples – a lovely theme! There are so many beautiful entries at Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack? You just have to go there and see them!

My own contribution should have been one from the waters at Ronneby Brunn, but Ailsa’s own ducks are so lovely. Instead I picked a photo with very calm ripples from the sea by our summer house. Ripples of blue and green. Sometimes the sea is a dream of colours and illusions – but always soothingly beautiful.

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