Garden flowers

Borough Market

Sidst jeg var i London havde min veninde planlagt at vi skulle se Borough Market, som er Londons mest anerkendte mad marked, og virkelig et besøg værd. Udover boder med alverdens madvarer, frugt, grønsager, svampe, ost, fisk, kød, oliven, pesto, vin, brød og kager, er der også restauranter der har slået sig ned her, så man kan nyde de friske råvarer. Jeg købte selv noget pesto, mange af de andre varer kan nemlig være svære at transportere hjem i en kuffert. Jeg havde travlt med smagsprøverne og at se på det hele, så jeg fik desværre ikke taget nogle billeder selv, disse er fundet på nettet.

Last time I was in London my friend had planed that we should see Borough Market, which is London’s most renowned food market and really worth a visit. There are stalls selling all sorts of food, fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, cheese, fish, meat, olives, pesto, wine, bread and cakes and also restaurants so you can enjoy the fresh produce. I bought some pesto since many of the other products can be difficult to bring home in a suitcase. I was busy tasting the samples and looking at everything, so unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, these were found online. 

Twins

Marie Claire US May 2011

Det er ellers sjældent, man ser rigtige tvillinger som modeller. Det plejer ligesom enten at være den samme pige, eller to forskellige med ens hår og make-up. Måske lægger jeg bare ikke rigtig mærke til det, men det ville ligne mig meget dårligt, jeg er nemlig selv tvilling, og synes andre tvillinger er ret fascinerende. Ved et af billederne kan man læse lidt om dem. De har bl.a. spurgt dem om hvilke celebrities, de gerne ville møde, og de svarer Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris og Jean-Claude van Damme..... - Det må da være en joke? :) 

I think it is very rare to see real twins as models. It's usually the same girl or two different with the same hair and make-up. Maybe I just don't notice it, but it would be very unlike me, because I'm a twin so off course I think that twins are fascinating :) The twins above were asked which celebrities they would most like to meet, and they answered: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris og Jean-Claude van Damme..... - It has to be a joke, right? :)

Sightseeing by day and by night

London, baby!

Om ca. 3 uger skal jeg til London sammen med min søster for at besøge vores ældste veninde, som vi har kendt i over 20 år. Hun har boet i London i 5-6 år nu, og det er luksus at have sin egen guide, når man er på storbystur. Før hun flyttede derover synes jeg ikke særlig godt om London, men hun er rigtig god til at finde sjove ting, man skal se eller gode restauranter, som man skal prøve. Jeg synes, at der er mange virkelig gode restauranter i London i forhold til København og Paris. Jeg glæder mig til at se, hvad hun har fundet på denne gang. Jeg har lavet et par London inspirerede indlæg til bloggen de næste par dage, men der kommer meget mere, når jeg har været af sted.

In about 3 weeks I’m going to London with my sister to visit our oldest friend, whom we have known for over 20 years. She has lived in London for 5-6 years now and it is great to have our own guide when we are there. Before she moved there I didn’t really like London, because I didn’t really know it. She is really good at finding fun things to see and good restaurants to try. There are so many good restaurants in London compared to Copenhagen and Paris. I look forward to seeing what she has planed this time. I have made a couple of London-inspired posts for the blog for the next few days, but I will post a lot more when I have been there.

More decay - Ellis Island

Første gang jeg var i New York, var jo den store sightseeing tour, hvilket også inkluderede Ellis Island. Jeg synes faktisk, det var en af de bedste seværdigheder, jeg fik set på den tur. Noget af det der var mest fascinerende var udstillingen om den periode, hvor Ellis Island lå ubenyttet hen. Det virkede som om øen blev forladt fra den ene dag til den anden. Der var ikke blevet fjernet noget, f.eks var skrivebordene fyldt med papir, og alt hospitalsudstyret stod tilbage i infirmeriet. Hovedbygningen på Ellis Island blev siden hen restaureret og åbnet i 1990, men mange af de resterende bygninger står stadig, som da de blev forladt, de er desværre ikke åbne for publikum (det var nok det, jeg allerhelst ville se:)). Der er dog blevet gjort tiltag for, at de ikke helt forfalder.

The first time I was in New York I went to see Ellis Island. It was an exciting and fascinating experience, but what I found most interesting was the exhibition about the period where the facilities at Ellis Island wasn’t in use and the buildings were left as if the people there just left one day and didn’t come back. There were papers on the desks, mattresses on the beds and medical equipment in the infirmary. The main building was later restored and opened in 1990, but many of the other buildings have not been restored and are unfortunately not open to the public (these buildings are probably the ones I would have liked to see most of all :)). However the buildings have been stabilized so they don’t completely collapse.

De fleste af overstående billeder er taget af Stephen Wilkes til hans bog Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom

Most of the above pictures are by Stephen Wilkes from his book Ellis Island: Ghost of Freedom

Denne bog er helt sikkert en, jeg vil kigge efter næste gang, jeg er i USA, også selvom den er lidt pebret (ca. 70$) Den er desværre out of stock i England, hvor jeg snart skal over…

This book is definitely one I’ll look for next time I’m in the U.S., even though it’s a little pricey. (approx. 70$) Sadly it’s out of stock in England, where I’m going soon…

Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, USA

  

For et par uger siden så jeg et program i fjernsynet, som vist nok handlede om arkitektur, men jeg hæftede mig mest ved den del, der handlede om Eastern State Penitentiary, som da det blev åbnet i 1829, var det mest moderne fængsel i verden. Hver fange var isoleret i sin egen celle med tilhørende gård, hvor der var en times udgang om dagen. Lyset kom fra et koøje i loftet, som fangerne kaldte guds øje og det eneste de havde at læse var biblen. Man mente, at de kriminelle bedre kunne blive rehabiliteret ved ikke at omgås de andre fanger, de fleste blev dog sindssyge i stedet, hvorfor mon? Det skulle eftersigende også være et at de mest hjemsøgte steder i verden. Jeg ved ikke hvorfor, men jeg kan ikke lade være med at synes, at gamle forladte steder er vildt fascinerende på trods af, at det jo også er tragisk og en smule deprimerende, at det bare får lov til at forfalde.

A few weeks ago I saw a program, which I believe was about architecture, but I mostly focused on the part about Eastern State Penitentiary, which, when it was opened in 1829, was the most modern prison in the world. Each prisoner was isolated in his own cell and courtyard. The light came from a porthole in the ceiling, which the prisoners called the eye of God and all they had to read was the Bible. It was believed that the criminals could be better rehabilitated when they were isolated from other criminals. However most of them went insane instead, I wonder why? It is said to be one of the most haunted places in the world. I've always found abandoned places wildly fascinating in spite of the fact that it is also tragic and a bit depressing that these places/buildings are left to their own decay.