Bread Collective

This post is devoted to my appreciation of the work that Bread Collective did for the Power of Summer. The concept behind it was the utilisation of Battersea Power Station for a summer pop-up. There were stalls for snacking on ceviche or duck-frites buns, as well as sipping on vegan smoothies or of course a cheeky cocktail - it was the holidays after all. However, the main event was the outdoor Everyman cinema screenings, complete with popcorn and beanbags.

Anyway, the pop-up was an incredible idea, made all the more incredible by the paintwork.
Take a look,

Lomo II

Every time I get lomography film developed I'm surprised by the results. What do you think of this set compared to the last one?

 

 

Manhattan - Directions

I recently returned from a trip to New York to visit my school friend, Dee (the blogger behind Nous Portons). If you know me, you know I take photos of really everything. However, I have decided to restrict myself to two posts on my trip.

This one is just to be able to gawk at some of the architecture by looking up, across and down at the city.

The high line,

Boating,

Yellow cabs,

Lego bricks,

Lomo I

Here are some of the shots taken with my Lomography Fisheye 2 camera. Let me know what you think.

This first one is my absolute favourite. It's the cathedral in Valencia. I snapped once, clicked 'multiple exposure', turned the camera 180 and snapped again. The angles are perfect.

Some day ones.

 

Some night. The B setting means you can let in as much light as you want.

I love the rough and ready quality to the photos. You never know exactly how they'll turn out.

Look out for my next Lomo post, with my next set of developed favourites!

Letters

I noticed a recurring theme across the stalls of the DecorAcción market, letters for decoration. Whether they were painted wooden ones or heavy steel ones lined with light bulbs. I thought, it taking place in Barrio de las Letras ('borough of the letters'), a post focussed around these letters could be cool.

"En la luna de Valencia"

I chose this expression as the title for my blog post just because I like it and it refers to Valencia (the subject of this post). I don't know where the expression comes from but it means to be despistado (distracted, absent-minded, away with the fairies). So there you go, a tid bit of Spanish knowledge on a Monday.

We went to Valencia in May, on the lovely puente those of us in Madrid get, where you have the Thursday and Friday off. It's a four day weekend so we thought we'd make the most of this time off to go to Madrid's nearest beaches, Valencia. Dafydd came down from Barcelona (look out for my post on when we visit him there, coming up this week), and Maria and I took a quick ride on the AVE.

My musts for a quick trip to Valencia (in no particular order):

• The cathedral - very interesting audio guide included in the entry price and you can also go up the tower but we chose to go up Torres de Serrans for a view over the city
• The Lonja de la seda - a UNESCO world heritage site
• The Torres de Serranos - not for those with a fear of heights
• Tapas and going out in Barrio del Carmen
• The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias - we just went for a look around but if you have more time and money, I've heard the aquarium is incredible
• The port - we were there off-season so it was pretty eery but I imagine a lot of fun on summer evenings
• Playa de la Malvarrosa - we chose to stay close to here for maximum beach time and there is whole host of restaurants lining the beach next to the port, buzzing both day and night
• Eat paella and fartons, and drink both agua de Valencia and horchata 

And this is my blog after all, where would we be without photos to back up my recommendations,

La catedral,

El mercado,

 La Lonja,

Ceiling vs. floor,

 

A Feria Andaluza we stumbled across,

And here are a few photos just to prove I was actually there!