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Christine, my landlady for two weeks.
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Turning left into Kilburn Highroad - my daily way to work
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By foot from Kilburn Highroad to Salusbury Road
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The Queen's Studios building where Zip Design is to be found.
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Celebration break for James' 9th birthday (according to the candles on the cake ;))
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James, Alex and Perrine on the Bakerloo line to Oxford Circus
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Karaoke somewhere in Soho...
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9 people + two bottles of wine in one box - most of them singing off-key ;)
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Stupid tourists somewhere around Portobello Market O:-)
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Big Ben and Houses of Parliament. It took me ages to find the right shutter speed!
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Big Ben again.
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Buses driving at the speed of light
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On my way to Piccadilly Circus
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Oxford Circus. They could've made it a little more christmassy for my taste ;o)
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Colourful Carnaby Street
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Chepstow Crescent, my bus stop in Notting Hill
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Sunday shopping trip in Camden Town
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Stables Market
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French medieval tones on Camden High Street
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Hydepark, Speaker's Corner. This guy was talking about Social Democracy in his Jägermeister raincoat
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Wellington Arch between Green Park and Palace Gardens
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Four Germans exploring London
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Queen Victoria Memorial
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Pelican at St. Jame's Park Lake. His posturing looked very professional and he even kept a straight face when tourists sat down next to him. Most likely he got paid as well as the Queen's Guards ;)
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Whitehall Parliament/Westminster Station
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Couldn't take my camera off Big Ben ;)
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Piccadilly Circus
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Notting Hill by night - view from my landlady's living room
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Washday during my 2nd week. Never seen such an unfunctional laundry rack before! It took 3 days til all clothes were dry.
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Grand Union Canal - on my last day at Zip I went home afoot and detected I could've walked the distance from Queens Park to Notting Hill more often.. It was almost faster than taking the bus!
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Westborn Park rails - my cam helped me to look over the wall :)
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The Metropolitan. Maybe you already noticed, I love taking pictures with time exposure =)
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Westbourne Park Road
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Ledbury Road
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Falafel "King" really isn't exaggerated! I've always wanted to try Falafels and now that I've tasted them here I probably won't like to eat Falafels anywhere else again ;)
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Road works all over Piccadilly Circus!
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Rush at Trafalgar Square
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The Lion King (couldn't find Elton John though ;)
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The Sherlock Holmes (a bar, not the museum)
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Victoria Embankment. Maybe this Sphinx needs some fresh air while all the others have to work at the British Mueum?
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Pilone (what's the english word for this thingy?) takes a rest :)
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St. Paul's Cathedral - less pretty than at night
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Hiking south of the Thames, Riverside Walk
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Pirates of the Thames?
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Tube Enlightenment
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Tower Bridge
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The Tower of London
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Ice skating at Somerset House
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Road works jungle
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A little too rainy to shop. Pettycoat Lane Market.
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Brick Lane
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Brick Lane street lamp
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Apparently someone is eliminating his dolls collection.
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»I'll do graffiti if you sing to me in french« ;)
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Hanbury Street
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I'd call this »the London egg peeking at me« ;)
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After eating thai dinner, Oliver took me to Beach Blanket Babylon. Great interior, but I've never spent so much money on only two drinks!
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That's the way a queen wants to be seated O:-)
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German ground under my feet again. And fortunatley with MY luggage this time! :)
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