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A weekend in London

 Posted on décembre 14, 2019      by Bust it Away Photography
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I remember the first hot day of Summer

This the 14th of December and it is raining. The snow is late this year and people say we are going to have a green Christmas. The rain is definitely not motivating me to go outside. Like my cat I am counting the falling drops on the other side of the window; thinking about the past days of this year. I remembered that it was the first weekend of June. The direct flight from Ottawa arrived around 10-am and by 11-am we were at the hotel and ready to walk around the British capital. Unlike today it was hot, it really felt like summer. People were saying that it was the first real hot day of the year, I guess we were lucky. I had a little bit less that 48 hours to visit and had to make some choices about where to go; you cannot visit all London with that limited amount of time. I walked 15 kms on both days, and had some breaks to eat and drink. It was a nice moment to be there, looking at the London City life, people enjoying the warm weather, spending time in parks, streets, patios… I remember that my path took me to Portobello Road Market, on the edges of the Thames, near the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, though Camden Market, in the area of Covent Garden and Soho. Today it is raining and I remember the beautiful days of summer, waiting for the snow to finally come and give us the white landscape that we are waiting for.

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Nous sommes the 14 décembre et il pleut. La neige est en retard cette année et les gens disent que nous allons avoir un Noël vert. La pluie ne me motive définitivement pas à sortir dehors. Comme mon chat je compte des gouttes qui tombent de l’autre côté de la vitre. Je me remémore les beaux jours passés cette année. Je me souviens que c’était le premier weekend de juin. Le vol direct d’Ottawa arriva vers 10 heures et à 11 heures nous étions à l’hotel, parés à parcourir les rues de la capitale anglaise. Contrairement à aujourd’hui il faisait chaud, on se sentait en été. Les gens disaient que c’était les premiers vrais jours de chaleur de l’année; nous étions chanceux. J’avais un peu moins de 48 heures pour visiter et donc des choix à faire sur les endroits à privilégier; on ne peut pas visiter tout Londres en si peu de temps. Je fis mes 15 km par jours, entrecoupés de pauses repas de boisson. C’était un moment agréable, être là-bas et voir la vie de la grande ville de Londre : les gens dans les rues, parsemés dans les parcs et le long des rivières, profitant du soleil sur les terrasses. Je me souviens que mon chemin m’amena au marché de Portobello, sur les bords de la Tamise, près de London Eye, le palais de Buckingham, à travers le marché de Camden, dans les rues de Soho et Covent Garden. Aujourd’hui il pleut et je me remémore les beaux jours d’été, attendant que la neige vienne peindre le paysage en blanc.

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    Hello dear visitor, welcome to my photography world. I am a radio frequency engineer who moved from France to experience a new life in Canada. Living far from my friends and family, traveling for fun and for work I created this blog and website to share a bit of my life with them and everyone else interested in photography. I grew up in front of the Atlantic Ocean in the south of the beautiful region of Brittany. As a passionate photographer, I try to catch the best of each moment from the life in the streets to the changing colors of nature. Photography has almost always been part of my life and helps me to understand and remember the beauty of our world. I hope you’ll enjoy your time spent here.

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