Midsummer

Midsummer in London. Bird’s don’t sing, there is no light in 1am. On the roof I can see how the city goes to sleep, only taxis are driving under the street lights. We have some Rose wine on the Coca cola glasses and the neighbors’ cat is joining our celebration. Happy Midsummer I say. It doesn’t feel like it. Sky is dark, we cannot see any stars. No lake, strawberries, sauna, flowers, pagan magic and nature. This is London; Cars, buildings, people. No place for Juhannus.

xx Lipstick

Have you seen the light?

Time is 10pm. when I cross the bridge over Thames. Almost 60 hour work week is over and I feel exhausted. Light reflections from the river are like hundreds of twinkling stars. Bridge is beautiful and my dream house is standing next to it, big windows where the morning sun can shine easily in.

Night is warm, even if the day was cold. This city never sleeps. Lady Gaga billboard is on right side, H&M on the left. White limousine passes by, who’s inside this time; Famous actress or millionaire businessman? Sirens after them, other ones little bit further.

I think that London is the most beautiful in the night time, when lights are bright, it’s warm but dark and you can smell all the restaurants and hear all the police sirens.

xx Lipstick

Skinny Lattes

Oh gosh! Had a amazing day in central London! The weather was nice, little bit windy, but warm and we walked through Soho, China Town to Trafalgatar square, then Covent Garden and back to Oxford Street. It was so much fun and I took finally photos like a tourist. Have to send some of them to my family, that they can finally see, “yeah I live in London and I have seen those famous places”.

 

Realized today how happy I’m right now to live in London. London’s summer is the best time of the year, winter was dark and rainy and cold, mostly because it was freezing inside! Finnish people should be so happy about their double glazing windows and warm houses.

I felt so relaxed when we sat on a Costa Café drinking skinny lattes and watching people outside. I realized that this was the life I had dream about couple of years ago. I had dreamed about cafés and restaurants, interesting conversations and friends. Okay let’s break the bubble, mostly it’s just normal life, too long working hours, jeans and messy hair, but today it was what I had dreamed about.  It was life in a metropolitan. It was love, coffee and the city.

What else could I ask for?

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Taxi driver

London’s lights were bright, I sat on a taxi middle of the night and driver asked which side I liked better, this side of Thames or the other one. I didn’t know. “I like them both, but the other side is quieter.” I felt that I had lost all my English skills, but still the driver tried to have some small talk with me. I was tired, but city was living, living its normal crazy Saturday. People, alcohol, fun, they wanted to forget last week to survive other one. Weather was warm, and when I walked out of a taxi, driver said: “Take care darling.”

Now week behind, tired as hell and going to relax today. Usually I work 10 hours per day plus some weekends so my hours go 40-50 hours per week really easily. Now you can understand why I don’t have that much time to write every day.

xx Lipstick

China Town

When I came back to London, there was this beautiful creature waiting for me. I got a hug and presents, actually too many. I got a bag full of Chocolate and sweets, and when I say full of it, I mean bars and bars of chocolate. I don’t know how I’m going to survive with them.

Today was Bank Holiday and I spend time with my special one and we went Soho to eat some Chinese food finally! We have walked there like million times, but never went anywhere to eat. The weather was nice and Soho was packed of tourist already. Chinese supermarkets were selling weird looking things and some fried chickens were hanging on the windows. Chinese people mixed to all ethnic backgrounds were walking on those streets and you could hear so many different languages. I tried to choose place which wouldn’t be that full of tourist, but most of them were more or less for tourist. Don’t get me wrong the food was delicious and it was nice to have a dinner at China Town, but the truth is that I have had better food and atmosphere in small Chinese at small town in Finland.

I would like to know how to cook Chinese or Thai food. I have good opportunity to use all of London’s Chinese supermarkets if I just could know what to need from there. I promised to cook next year some Chinese food, but will see if it’s going to happen. Chinese take away is so much easier and cheap.

Okay now going to prepare myself for the next work week.

xx Lipstick

My first love...



Helsinki Railway station



Havis Amanda



Helsinki.

It was love at a first sight. Hungry, desperately love, like teenage lust usually is. Too many feelings to share and Helsinki did that to me and it still does. It’s home and lover in the same time. It’s fullmoon in the dark sky, when i walk to the railway station at middle of the night. It’s autumn rains, inside of the bus I can see how the lights are reflecting on puddles.

I love many places in Helsinki, many bars, many coffees, but i didn’t have enough time to go them all this week so you’re going to get - visiting tour guide - only for few.