Life- London Trip-20130214-0219 Part 2

第一次這麼接近小紅人，雙層巴士太酷了!

First time to be so close to little red man traffic light.

Double deck bus is so cool.

整趟行程中唯一 一張跟人的合照~~lol

The only photo with other people during this trip lol

第三天DAY 3

這天實在太豐富了!去了BRICK LANE二手市集，最吸引我來到倫敦的地方!

坐了大概40分鐘的公車，雙層公車的好處就是坐公車就像觀光巴士一樣，可以東看西看。

走進BRICK LANE，還沒到主要的二手市集之前看到路上有人在發傳單，

是PEOPLE TREE的Sample Sample!!!!!!!!

介紹一下People Tree。

People Tree是一家強調Fair Trade公平交易跟sustainable fashion永續時尚的品牌。

因為我也是在時尚產業工作，時尚產業就是不斷推陳出新，

讓人不斷購買，但其實都不是必要消費，跟環保的概念很有衝突。

Vivienne Westwood在前不久說了要大家減少消費，

不過減少消費那她的品牌咧?也會減少營收啊!就是滿衝突的。

剛好在之前搜尋sustainable fashion永續時尚的時候發現這個品牌People Tree，

當然People Tree的產品也是會推陳出新，

不過他們概念就是公平交易，友善地對待環境、製造者。

產品幾乎都是手織，沒有工業化的生產，

使用有機棉花，最簡單純淨的生產，減少對環境的污染。

很多產品也都是跟偏遠地區人們合作，讓他們有工作，生活更好。

我很喜歡這個理念，所以這次有機會到他們的辦公室，

真的是與有榮焉啊哈哈哈!

(本來在出發前是有打算特地去拜訪他們，但行前ㄧ團混亂就忘了，

剛好遇到真的是太開心了)

這次去剛好他們為了FAIR TRADE活動在拍攝，有幸成為一員真是相當開心。

櫻桃洋裝實在是太可愛了，雖然不是我平常的風格哈哈

還帶了一個TARA PROJECT的手環，這是一個幫助偏遠地區的人獲得醫療、教育的組織，

有空再來好好研究一下。

有件趣事是我在結帳的時候拿了我自己的綠色袋子出來，

說不用袋子了，店員就說真好，你非常環保、非常綠!哈哈哈

離開了People Tree就開始了Brick Lane二手市集之旅啦!

DAY3

This day is so great! I went to Brick Lance second hand market, which is the drive for me to visit London!

Took 40 min bus to there. 

Double deck bus is so cool, just like sitting in a tourist bus, 

can see the whole street view.

Walking into Brick lane, I found people deliver flyers.

It's PEOPLE TREE!!! 

They are a brand which is a pioneer in Fair Trade and environmentally sustainable fashion.

Check the brand in their website.

They try to be friendly to environment and the producers of the clothes.

I like the concept of People Tree before heading to London, and even thought to have a visit to their company.

How cool that I have this opportunity to visit their company and see the sample sale!!;)

So lucky!

And they're doing some photoshoot for Fair trade Fornight. 

I'm luckily selected and have the opportunity to wear their SS13 collection.

So happy! They're so nice!!And the cherry dress is so so cute.

And the lovely bracelet from TARA PROJECT. It's so nice.

TARA project is to help for people in needs. Need to take time to know more about the project. ;)

Fun fact, I bought a skirt from People Tree, and take out my green shopping bag, the staff said you're very GREEN! hahah

(most clothes are too big for me, only found one is OK.)

Brick Lane有滿多東西的，請大家記得中午可以直接在Brick Lane這裡吃，

有很多小攤販賣中國菜、墨西哥菜、西班牙菜等等的..

而且又比較便宜，只要五、六、七鎊。

這次去其實沒有說非常熱鬧什麼的，可能是因為冬天吧!滿冷的。

大逛了那邊的店Blitz、Rokit、Backyard Market、Sick、Beyond Retro，

看到很多大衣、毛草，都滿有趣的，

不過台灣這麼熱真的是不需要到腳踝的大衣啊哈哈

(Beyond Retro不在Brick lane上，還要走一段，那段有點沒人，

而且我又是五點多才走過去，天都快黑了，有點怕怕)

而且牆上還有很多塗鴨，超酷的!

還看到有人當場還在塗鴨!

還逛了Old Spitalfields Market，打烊前跟打烊後都去了哈哈

Old Spitalfields Market比較多是手做或是批大陸東西來賣的，

看到一看就是批貨的就直接跳過。

走完二手市集就結束了嗎?當然沒有，週六我還找到一個活動

就是在Camden Head 的Angel Comedy!!

Camden Head本身就是一個不錯的bar，滿多人的!

Angel Comedy週六是免費的喔!是在bar的二樓一間房間裡面，

大概可以容納5、60人吧!

八點開場，記得要早點去喔!應該七點多就要去了吧!

我八點多才到，大爆滿到不能進去，等到中場休息之後有人走了才進得去。

有先聽朋友說英國的笑話都脫不了性跟種族，果不其然!都是這些笑點哈哈

但我倒是笑的滿開心的!!

不過回到家又是超晚的了!大概11點多吧哈

So many things in Brick Lace. Come for lunch! 

It's cheap around 5-7 pounds, and you have many choices, Chinese, Mexican, Spanish...

It's not so crowded as I thought. Maybe coz it's winter time. Pretty cold actually.

I visited Blitz, Rokit, Backyard Market, Sick, Beyond Retro. 

So cool, so many things and I saw many furs, and overcoats. 

So attractive, but not pratical at all in Taiwan.

(Beyond Retro is not situated in Brick Lane, it's in one alley, need to walk for 5-10 min.

I went there around 5 or 6 pm, it's getting dark, kind of scary.)

There're many graffiti on the walls. So cool!

And I saw people doing graffiti!!

Also I went to Old Spitalfields Market, after and before it closed. 

In Old Spitalfields Market, mainly hand made products or made-in-China products.

Not so attractive to me. 

Second markets for one day. Of course not, I need some more. 

I found a free comedy at Sat night. It's called Angel comedy.

It's very nice, starting at 8 pm. Go there around 7pm or before.

Cuz I was late, arrived around 8.30pm, no room to stand at all.

I waited to mid time break, some people left and then I can get in.

It's very interesting and it's free! So great!

XOXO,

Lynn

Life- London Trip-20130214-0219 Part 1

這次過年到義大利出差，剛好換到5天補假，

想說正好延遲五天回來，去個哪裡玩好呢....

想說沒去過，又有興趣的..那就倫敦吧!!

然後愚蠢的事情發生了，我只想到要延遲五天回來，

就想說那就延遲五天從米蘭回來，最後要出發才被老闆提醒，

你沒有直接從倫敦回來啊.........

耶lol....我買了倫敦米蘭來回，所以回程我要從倫敦->米蘭->台北

最後還因為行李過重,只買了Easyjet 20公斤，超重了1.6公斤也要罰錢

只好乖乖拿出來，拿了睡袋在手上..

到米蘭拿到行李才塞回去...

逼唉啊...

Went on a biz trip during Chinese New Year, 

so I got 5 days vacation after the CNY...

Uhm.. Where to go? Other places in Europe?.... 

LONDON CALLING~!

I did many stupid things this time. 

One most stupid thing is I forgot to book direct flight from London to Taipei, instead, I did London->Milan->TPE....lol

And I took Easyjet fro London to Milan and with only 20kg luggage, 

I was forced to take out my 1.6kg overweight. lol

看到這個廣告超多次的!Time for Taiwan

到底是甚麼Time呢?

總之到倫敦的行程算是相當開心但又相當緊湊，

第一天到倫敦市區就已經下午四五點了，

去了一趟中產階級的有機市場Waitrose，

煮了一餐給好心收留我的友人，

吃了飽飽之後就出發一下去看倫敦的夜晚!

哈哈，而且為了貪圖少坐一趟車還有多看點風景，

坐到Victoria就開始我的走路行程，

不小心走偏了就變成看到大笨鐘了!也算是幸運!

再繼續走到Leister Square、Oxford circus等等，大看了夜晚的倫敦~

Anyway, I did have a great time in London 

and it's also a busy time, full of schedule.

First day, arrived in London city, it's already 5pm. 

Nice visit to middle class level super market Waitrose,

and cooked a Valentine meal to my dear friend. ;)

Then to see the night of London alllll by myselffff.......

To save one bus ticket, I started to walk after arriving to Victoria,

Not in the way I wanted to, saw the Big Ben and London Eye, 

then back to track, Leister Square, Oxford circus!

The best part of London night, not to miss a sec.

完食

第二天則到了V&A博物館，很喜歡這個博物館，

有很多教育的部分，會有影片讓你知道彩繪玻璃、鑽石戒指、瓷器等等怎麼製作的..

比起一般只是欣賞藝術品多了更多教育意義。

非常推薦去V&A博物館，而且中餐也可以在他的cafe一吃，

雖然也是要個10鎊，不過用餐環境真的滿美的，食物也不錯吃，

大推薄荷醬mint sauce，一定要淋一點，配肉吃超合適。

去完V&A，當然一定要去個鄰近的Harrods百貨公司朝聖一下，

如果是單純要逛街..其實也不一定要去啦哈哈~我去了覺得滿難逛的哈

沒錢難逛啊~

我在Harrods最大的收穫就是最後一張照片啦!!

BEEF WELLINGTON!!

有看master chef的應該不陌生，著名英國的威靈頓牛排，

就在Harrods的外帶熟食區裡躺著，

看到就覺得好想吃啊~~

也立刻上網看了倫敦的有這道餐點的餐廳，幾乎都要2x鎊以上，

一個人太不划算了，就決定要帶回家吃!!

住的地方有廚房真是太好了!!

也荼毒了不能吃牛肉的友人哈哈哈

好吃!!!!!!

喔~Harrods賣的威靈頓牛排一百公克好像是五磅、六磅多吧~

因為我吃得少也怕太貴，所以就切了一個薄片，126g吧，七八鎊

它的本體超大一塊的~

在Harrods除了吃到超棒的威靈頓牛排以外，

還買了有著漂亮的盒子的茶葉Earl Grey，

不過回台灣之後就發現新光也有Harrods的櫃點還找到同款茶葉，一模一樣，

只是價錢就貴了快兩倍哈

除此之外Harrods中國風超強烈的，

外面的櫥窗陳列都有濃濃中國味，

畢竟現在中國人的購買力超強，

只要是百貨公司內，幾乎都有會講中文的銷售人員。

以我行程滿檔的作風，逛完Harrods手上有著Beef wellington就是結束了嗎?

當然不是，我立馬又奔向了Piccadilly Circus，去找皇家御用的Fortnum & Mason!!!

到了其實也滿晚的，就是再半小時就關門的狀態!

看了一看，其實就是會精選茶葉跟包裝，

茶葉跟巧克力其實都是各國精選而來的，

還有看到中國精選的烏龍、龍井茶呢!

買完了，就結束了嗎?

一天不是這麼容易的，我又去了隔壁的書局看啊看~

英國的書真的是貴，幾乎都八、九鎊，

看到了之前發現的鼓吹Sustainable Fashion的品牌People Tree創辦人的書Nake Fashion，

推崇要公平貿易跟天然的材料，後來還有緣進入他們辦公室，

請鎖定收看Part 2就會知道囉~~

Second day, V&A museum, LOVE this museum, 

very educative, with videos to show you how stained glass,, diamond rings, china...to be made

Very nice, it's better than museum just showing beautiful arts.

Their cafe is also very nice, though it costs around £10, 

the food and the environment are quite nice.

Strongly recommend mint sauce, go well with meat.

After V&A, don't forget Harrods is nearby.

uhm..as a department store, I have to admit Harrods not a good one for me.

All too expensive and the traffic diagram are not very easy for customer.

My biggest surprise in Harrods is

BEEF WELLINGTON!!

Any one who saw Master Chef should know this.

It's just in the Food Hall of Harrods.

It cost just £5 or 6 something for 100g, 

but in restaurent, the meal costs £26 up!

Of course, I should buy here, and it proves I'm right.

It's soooooooooo delicious!!!

Sadly my dear friend can't eat beef, just smell the terrific smell. ha..

After Harrods, it's the end of the day?

Of course NO!

I went to Piccadilly Circus to search for the royal warranted Fortnum&Mason.

And I found oolong and long jing from China!

Then, I went to the bookstore, Waterstones.

It's a 4 or 5 floors bookstore, how amazing!!

And I found the book Nake Fashion  which is written by the founder of People Tree,

a brand cares about the environment, and promote fair trade and Sustainable Fashion.

And I'm luckily have a chance to visit their office.

Wanna know how? Keep an eye on my blog for LONDON trip part 2. :)

XOXO,

Lynn