It seems that last week's theme was "Lights On" for London.
With the famous start of the Christmas Lights on the 3rd of November and on the 5th of November Bonfire Night-Guy Fawkes Night celebrating the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.
With the famous start of the Christmas Lights on the 3rd of November and on the 5th of November Bonfire Night-Guy Fawkes Night celebrating the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.
Last Tuesday, the streets of London all started the countdown to spreading the Christmas season!
On the 3rd of November at around 18:00 Oxford Street, Regent Street and Leicester Square were all illuminated by the spirit of Christmas with the theme of the year the movie premiere of A Christmas Carol, showing in 3D.
A private event for the movie premiere was at Leicester Square, with a red carpet and the whole square turned into a movie set, with chorals, guests etc... it was an interesting event even though the host was quite annoying.
You got to hear Andrea Bocelli sing the theme song of the movie and see Colin Firth and Jim Carey in persons!! (On a screen actually but they were right behind the barrier where I was standing).
Other than that you could just enjoy the lovely Christmas lights all around Oxford Street and Regent Street, making the city taste a little different.
Although I do not celebrate Christmas, I got really happy and excited from those lights capturing each of them on camera.
It really changes the mood of the streets, instead of having a busy city, with people rushing all over especially since this new Oxford X crossing, that I cannot understand.
It just brings joy to people, preparing for the holiday season, family reunions, trips to various destinations, lots of gifts and shopping, great food...
Yes, it's a time to be merry and it is very much needed after hectic months like the past ones for everyone especially me.
On the 3rd of November at around 18:00 Oxford Street, Regent Street and Leicester Square were all illuminated by the spirit of Christmas with the theme of the year the movie premiere of A Christmas Carol, showing in 3D.
A private event for the movie premiere was at Leicester Square, with a red carpet and the whole square turned into a movie set, with chorals, guests etc... it was an interesting event even though the host was quite annoying.
You got to hear Andrea Bocelli sing the theme song of the movie and see Colin Firth and Jim Carey in persons!! (On a screen actually but they were right behind the barrier where I was standing).
Other than that you could just enjoy the lovely Christmas lights all around Oxford Street and Regent Street, making the city taste a little different.
Although I do not celebrate Christmas, I got really happy and excited from those lights capturing each of them on camera.
It really changes the mood of the streets, instead of having a busy city, with people rushing all over especially since this new Oxford X crossing, that I cannot understand.
It just brings joy to people, preparing for the holiday season, family reunions, trips to various destinations, lots of gifts and shopping, great food...
Yes, it's a time to be merry and it is very much needed after hectic months like the past ones for everyone especially me.
As for Bonfire Night, the actual night is on November 5th, yet many events were taking place on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th.
Fireworks display and funfairs were all over town mainly in parks.
The Victoria Park fireworks display was an amazing one, the theme of the year was "Great Balls of Fire", the event started with a funfair from 14h00 but the actual display was at 19h45, accompanied with rock songs that all had to do with Fire!
It was a truly great experience to see those stunning fireworks while listening to songs about fire like, Fever, Light My Fire and many more.
It reminded me of the 14th of July fireworks celebrations in France when I was little.
I don't really know what is so fascinating about fireworks, but you can never get tired of it, always amazed and hearing the crowd going "aaah" when there is a big firework firing up in the sky.
Although we had been standing up for hours in the cold, as soon as it all started, the sky as well as our faces just lit up!
Fireworks display and funfairs were all over town mainly in parks.
The Victoria Park fireworks display was an amazing one, the theme of the year was "Great Balls of Fire", the event started with a funfair from 14h00 but the actual display was at 19h45, accompanied with rock songs that all had to do with Fire!
It was a truly great experience to see those stunning fireworks while listening to songs about fire like, Fever, Light My Fire and many more.
It reminded me of the 14th of July fireworks celebrations in France when I was little.
I don't really know what is so fascinating about fireworks, but you can never get tired of it, always amazed and hearing the crowd going "aaah" when there is a big firework firing up in the sky.
Although we had been standing up for hours in the cold, as soon as it all started, the sky as well as our faces just lit up!
Those two events were great experiences where people got amusingly charmed by lights and fireworks.
It is an interesting aspect of the London lifestyle where you enjoy the beauty of the city by doing simple yet amusing activities with massive gathering of people.
Next week will certainly have lots of events around town coming up and if you're looking for a fireworks display there is the Lord Mayor's show on Saturday the 14th, an all day parade with fireworks at night, welcoming into office the new Lord Mayor of London.
It is an interesting aspect of the London lifestyle where you enjoy the beauty of the city by doing simple yet amusing activities with massive gathering of people.
Next week will certainly have lots of events around town coming up and if you're looking for a fireworks display there is the Lord Mayor's show on Saturday the 14th, an all day parade with fireworks at night, welcoming into office the new Lord Mayor of London.
(Photo By Randa El Tahawy-Victoria Park)
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