tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post776745581148056894..comments2024-03-28T23:08:18.504+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : London - at last (and at length...) Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-59868173371085253912016-09-19T11:00:30.806+01:002016-09-19T11:00:30.806+01:00Thank you, Susan - I had many fits of laughter (th...Thank you, Susan - I had many fits of laughter (the amiable sort) in London - and British humour is just my thing. It was such a wonderful holiday - can't wait to go back. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-61617872974045136072016-09-19T10:57:50.498+01:002016-09-19T10:57:50.498+01:00Thank you, Geo. - I think as you: admirable, but u...Thank you, Geo. - I think as you: admirable, but unimaginable :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-67269984414057224652016-09-19T01:46:48.156+01:002016-09-19T01:46:48.156+01:00The Stones? Woo HOO, what's not to like? Um, t...The Stones? Woo HOO, what's not to like? Um, then again, I'm not sure how much I'd appreciate my favorite Stones songs played on a ukulele. (However, I used to have a CD of the London Philharmonic playing Stones songs, and it was awesome!<br /><br />Thanks for the chuckles. Especially with your line about following the guys with the right "body type" to the beerfest. HA!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-58844211348667711702016-09-19T00:36:02.000+01:002016-09-19T00:36:02.000+01:00I must admire the optimism of ukulele enthusiasts....I must admire the optimism of ukulele enthusiasts. This is a delightful post. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-70303976734606587932016-09-18T21:14:14.481+01:002016-09-18T21:14:14.481+01:00In the second part I'll show a more 'usual...In the second part I'll show a more 'usual' view - though there is always something extremely surprising when I visit - adventures just happen to me. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-21150218457065840242016-09-18T21:11:03.849+01:002016-09-18T21:11:03.849+01:00Thank you, Elaine! I've been there so often - ...Thank you, Elaine! I've been there so often - and it is always new and surprising for me - and allures me every time again. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-2274304406252671432016-09-18T20:37:46.133+01:002016-09-18T20:37:46.133+01:00Nice trip 'round London. The Kray pub would be...Nice trip 'round London. The Kray pub would be fun to visit.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-23158981352982258892016-09-18T19:24:39.457+01:002016-09-18T19:24:39.457+01:00Hello Britta
Nice to see you back here - I like yo...Hello Britta<br />Nice to see you back here - I like your alternative look at London.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-46674700360161413852016-09-18T16:54:01.766+01:002016-09-18T16:54:01.766+01:00Hello Maria, I am ever so pleased to meet you here...Hello Maria, I am ever so pleased to meet you here! Thank you for your kind welcome. Greetings Britta xx Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-72795272754572453922016-09-18T10:23:45.274+01:002016-09-18T10:23:45.274+01:00Britta is back from Britain to Berlin and blogging...Britta is back from Britain to Berlin and blogging again! :) Bentornata! <br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-25694898447982396802016-09-17T16:55:11.340+01:002016-09-17T16:55:11.340+01:00Thank you Emma - I really wanted to show something...Thank you Emma - I really wanted to show something that one couldn't find in a travel-brochure (I'm quite proud of St. Paul's photo that I took as a reflection in a sculpture). The Kray Twins "ruled" London for a while in the Sixties - now they are dead. The film "The Rise of the Krays" was released in 2015 about this British mafia. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-1245473020222738762016-09-17T16:48:40.331+01:002016-09-17T16:48:40.331+01:00Dear Joanne, as I just discovered a book where the...Dear Joanne, as I just discovered a book where they spoke of "flaneuse" (!), I'll adapt that to "adventureuse" - much funnier then adventuress/ oe she-adventurer :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-37547078554523090032016-09-17T16:44:35.771+01:002016-09-17T16:44:35.771+01:00Dear Rosemary, I am a person - as everybody - with...Dear Rosemary, I am a person - as everybody - with many facets - so: I hope noone is getting bored by me :-) <br />Beer is only a follower-thing: the friends are afficionados - and I find myself developping into a sort of connoisseur almost against my will. And I leave the ukulele to Marilyn :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-10212992292484655512016-09-17T16:39:22.089+01:002016-09-17T16:39:22.089+01:00Hi Jackie, thank you! We visited that Brewery too ...Hi Jackie, thank you! We visited that Brewery too (I think) - they have converted it into a sort of 'restaurant'-market - with open stalls. So many poor areas in Germany in big cities become trendy (and expensive, thus expelling the poorer people) too. Examples: Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, St.Georg in Hamburg. XXX Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-20480670506878200122016-09-17T16:33:51.368+01:002016-09-17T16:33:51.368+01:00Yes, Rachel - dark celebrities (nasty pieces of &q...Yes, Rachel - dark celebrities (nasty pieces of "sh.te", to use the camouflaging expression of the Irish). <br />On Monday you'll see that I am really back. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-69190303746901840362016-09-17T16:29:41.526+01:002016-09-17T16:29:41.526+01:00So I could have met you in another pub than The Be...So I could have met you in another pub than The Bell, Tom? I haven't seen the recent movie - but there was this third brother, "Charlie Kray, (...) also a member of their gang "The Firm." However Charlie was the "quiet Kray" and never received the notoriety of Ronnie and Reggie. In 1997 Charlie was convicted of a £39 million cocaine smuggling plot and, aged 70, jailed for 12 years." they say in GQ (for which - I have to brag a little - I sometimes write some snippets of text :-). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-7176357885308203002016-09-17T15:43:32.544+01:002016-09-17T15:43:32.544+01:00You have pictures of sights I never see on most &q...You have pictures of sights I never see on most "tours" of that part of the world. I like them. But now what is this about the Kray Twins and evil deeds? Sounds like a story.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-69733173034096792592016-09-17T15:31:55.683+01:002016-09-17T15:31:55.683+01:00It seems you stored up adventures for us, and prob...It seems you stored up adventures for us, and probably are off on another right now.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-74160825321160873782016-09-17T15:26:23.002+01:002016-09-17T15:26:23.002+01:00There is another side to you Britta that I did not...There is another side to you Britta that I did not know about or realise - an interest in Beer, the notorious Kray Twins, and the ukulele!Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-51749864686655777742016-09-17T14:14:16.609+01:002016-09-17T14:14:16.609+01:00Hi Britta ...... so much to see and do in London. ...Hi Britta ...... so much to see and do in London. <br />Our son and daughter-in-law had a flat in the Brewery next door to ' The Blind Beggar ' about 10 years ago ..... what was a very poor area is starting to be trendy like a lot of East London.<br />Welcome back to Bogland ... we missed you. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-72050338272075964122016-09-17T12:59:54.083+01:002016-09-17T12:59:54.083+01:00All the Krays were celebrities were they not? The...All the Krays were celebrities were they not? Their best friends were judges and politicians. Hello Britta. I hope you are back with us now.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-63866533664007771102016-09-17T12:00:56.563+01:002016-09-17T12:00:56.563+01:00'The Blind Beggar'? I used to go to a pub ...'The Blind Beggar'? I used to go to a pub in Whitstable run by the other brother of the Krays. He was a celebrity.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com