British Museum London I took this picture at the British Museum in November 2007. The exhibition ‘First Emperor’ was at the museum but the entry fee to that particular section was low double digit pounds (was it near 17 or 12, can’t remember) and I gave it a miss. Also, I had so little time…
Category: UK
More Flowers- Lazy Sunday Photo
Red Roses in a Bunch, What Lovely Flowers! I know some people who like flowers more on the plants rather than in a bunch but when I find them already in a bunch I love clicking them. About myself, I do not mind occasionally holding them in my hands too, but yes they look much…
Card and Souvenir Shop, Oxford, UK
Card and Souvenir Shop, Oxford, UK I was playing with Picasa 3 and trying to add water mark to a picture. While doing that I realized this picture in Oxford is something I would like to post on my blog too, the colors are so nice. What do you say? Is the watermark taking out…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Thames Walk, Oxford, UK
Iffley Meadow at the Thames Walk, Oxford, UK
Lazy Sunday Photo- Christ Church College, Oxford, UK
The Christ Church College, Oxford, UK I took this photograph at the sunset. There is actually an entrance fee to visit the Christ Church College (but not the Christ Church Meadows) premises in Oxford. But there is a roped off area just in front of the entry gate up to where you can walk and…
Big Ben and the Parliament House at Night, UK
Big Ben and the Parliament House at Night, UK I have seen a lot of pictures of the UK Parliament House and the Big Ben on the net and in many of those I would find the bridge featured on the right in this picture. I had completely forgotten its existence and would wonder how…
York Police Band Playing at Royal Armories, Leeds, UK
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJ8Gy0AKv4&hl=en&fs=1] York Police Band Playing at Royal Armories, Leeds, UK I watched this performance last year (November 2007) in UK when I went to Leeds to attend a conference on tourism. I went to an academic conference after a gap of four years. I remember there was Champagne before the dinner at the Royal Armories…
Thames Walk, Oxford, UK
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvk5DyLZrxw&hl=en&fs=1] Thames Walk (Oxford, UK) Video, It was So Serene This is a less than a minute duration video but I really like it. It was such a peaceful day and unlike India most of the time I could feel I was alone on this walk and yet always felt safe. The only botheration was…
A Small Video of the Covered Market in Oxford, UK
A Small Video of the Covered Market (Established 1754) Oxford UK The videos that I made with my point and shoot Nikon camera have a .mov extension. Windows media player would not open it and for last 3 years I never downloaded any other player that would play it! So the few videos that I…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Forbidden Berries and Fall Colors Oxford, UK
A Lovely Tree in Oxford As my last trip has been to Oxford, UK I keep thinking about it. The tree in the picture was full of red berries and this is from my October-November stay. I loved the fall colors. And I was given strict instructions not to eat the berries!