Brown Girl in London

Merry Christmas!

The holidays are here and Christmas is 2 days away. I finished work yesterday so no more KF, and it's now job-hunting time again. But first, I'm taking a little holiday break - basically everything shuts down for Christmas and Boxing Day (except for the stores, as usual) so it's a nice 4 day weekend at least. Anyway, here are some shots in and around Oxford Street and Regent Street - it's been an even more crazy madhouse in that area than it usually is with all the Christmas shoppers bustling around. The stores go all out with their decorations...

John Lewis - never been inside but I believe it's a department store. I always saw a man in Hanover Square every morning in the same outfit, sitting on a bench with 2 plastic bags, one of which was from John Lewis. He'd even be there when it was raining and I don't think he was a homeless guy.

It's a shaky shot of Debenhams' draped in red lights. A pretty dramatic site to see actually. Not a bad store either as they sell items from various lines - I quite like the Red Herring label myself.

Some Christmas entertainment on Oxford Street. When I took this they were playing Jingle Bells and had a large crowd watching and listening. Gave them some change, I think it was 20p or something because that's all I had in my pocket!

This is the only pic I have of Regent Street that came out okay - I'll have to take some more.

Shot of Oxford Street as I was waiting to cross the road.

Merry Christmas!!

posted by RC @ 9:14 AM