Walking up and down

What a beautiful day in London town we had today! We started our excursion by having  lunch in  the Crypt of  St Martin's in The Field Church , Trafalgar Square. Luuuuvly.

And then we walked and walked to Monmouth Street; popping into Gudrun's world , stopping in Govent Garden to have Italian Ice cream in La Gelatina and eventually strolling slowly to Foyles in Charing Cross Road.

Although this wasn't a long walk I have blisters on my soles. Never mind; walking is good.

Now it's time for the 'Bridge'; the second series is just about to finish and we'll find out  today if the brother of the ill Viktoria is behind all  of the nasty incidents. I think that in Finland you  have already seen a third series of the 'Bridge'. I am looking forward to having it here soon  in the UK.  I will be disappointed though if today's episode will not include an unexpected twist....

Olympics 2012 in London, Cardiff and Segovia

I am just wondering how long it will take to take down all those Olympics signs  from the underground, road side, public buildings etc. What a massive infrastructural effort the Olympics has been!   Where do they put all those "London Live" screens from Hyde Park and other parks all around the country - and flat screen TVs, flags, mascots, bunting that  are everywhere and  the huge knitted  "Lions Heart Project" lions in front of natural History Museum?

 It took two hours to drive through London on our way to the men's bronze medal football game in Cardiff. No comments! Even our teddies who have travelled around the country looked fed up.

Not that I want to be rude but I didn't know that they play football in South Korea or Japan. And that they are good. Very good.

I missed the Olympics Opening Ceremony when we were in Oulu but was lucky enough to arrive just in time to my God Daughters' house in  Segovia to see the Closing Ceremony.  WOW. It was amazing. How did they manage to get Freddy Mercury to lead the Sing-Along Session? And the madness of the medley led by Monty Python's Eric Idle that combined Naughty Nuns, Morris dancing, Bollywood Bling   under the umbrella of  "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". As mad as  Great Britain can be on its best. Veeeeeeery enjoyable indeed!

And my holiday continues in an appropriate Olympic Theme as my lovely God Daughters dive into the pool for their 'Moment of Shine': 27 meter's free style swim. 

It is difficult to say which one shines brighter under the burning Sun; girls faces or their medals?