2005
London Open House, September
Daily Express building
On September 17th and 18th, it was London Open House 2005. Many buildings are open to public for only these 2 days of the year. I took advantage of it and had a really good week-end being a tourist in London.
Some of the places, I want to visit were: Wigmore Hall, The Great Eastern Hotel, Wapping Tunnel, the old Daily Express Building, Samuel Johnson's townhouse and Leadenhall Market.
Vancouver, August
I flew from London to Vancouver to spend a whole 4 days and a bit there. A long trip to make for such a short visit. Well, I had not seen some of my family in a few years and I also it gave me a chance to catch up with Konstantinos at Urban Visuals and meet some friends. There are some photos of downtown; having lunch with Clarence and Max in Yaletown; watching the fireworks over English Bay from Max's apartment and some photos of my nephew Fuki in mom's back yard. And lastly, some photos in Central Park (yeah, Vancouver has one).
Celebration of Light home page
The fireworks photos are from an annual summer event called 'Celebration of Light'. I caught the last night. Over a period of four shows, three different countries compete with their pyrotechnic displays. This year the teams were Canada, Sweden and China. Sweden won this year. The last show is a finale with a fireworks display from each team.
Photo gallery - Lotusland in the summer
Vancouver's nickname is Lotusland because the weather is temperate and it is laid back place. The weather was sunny and hot; it was about 28 degrees C on average while I was there. It lived up to the nickname while I was there.