A little market, a quene and cake. And hair. And a fridge. And seasonal greetings.

I begyndelsen af december havde de et lille julemarked inde i Parkinson-bygningen.
In the beginning of December they had a little Christmas market inside the Parkinson Building.


Dronning Guinevere er faktisk lidt af en kælling, når Lancelot for det meste bare prøver at gøre hende tilfreds. Her er det Malarys Morte D'Arthur.
Queen Guinevere is actually kind of a bitch when Lancelot is mostly just trying to please her. Here it's in Malory's Morte D'Arthur.


Sådan en fin lille kage. Blev helt OCD-agtig og skar bidderne i firkanter efter farverne, haha.
Such a pretty little cake. Got all OCD-like when I ate it and cut it into colour appropriate squares, haha.

Og til sidst det her billede af mit hår, som jeg tog, inden jeg fik det klippet til over-skulder-længde. Jeg savner lidt at kunne flette det, selvom jeg ikke fortryder det.
And lastly, I took this picture before I just my hair to above shoulder length. I kind of miss braiding it, although I don't regret it at all.



Dette er den sidste af de planlagte indlæg. Hvis alt går efter planen er jeg på vej til København lige nu, så glædelig jul og godt nytår!
This is the last of the planned posts. If everything is going according to plan, I'll be on my way to Copenhagen right now, so have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

First snow and independent birds in a yard

Den 4. december om aftenen kom den første sne. Der var meget lidt, og næsten intet blev liggende til dagen efter, men det havde jeg slet ikke noget imod.
The 4th of December in the evening came the first snow. It was only a little and nearly nothing stayed until the next day, which I really didn't mind.



Opdagede det her super fine sted lidt tilfældigt. Det er et lille hus med tre etager, og hvor alle værelser er lavet om til små uafhængige butikker, alle ejet af kvinder. Der er en frisør, et par vintagebutikker, en med dyrerer, finere tøj og et par med med fine ting. Åbenbart laver de også mange af tingene selv. De virkede allesammen meget flinke, også selvom frisøren havde svært ved at se hvorfor jeg havde klippet mit hår kort, når nu alle vil have det langt, haha.
Kind of randomly discovered this amazing place. It's a three storey house with one or more independent shops owned by women on each floor. There's a hairdresser, a couple of vintage shops, a fancy dress shop, and some with pretty things. Apparently many of them even make some of their goods themselves. All of them seemed very nice, even if the hairdresser couldn't understand why I cut my hair now that everyone wants long hair, haha.

The scene stands stubborn: skinflint trees / Hoard last year's leaves, won't mourn, wear sackcloth, or turn / To elegiac dryads

Når jeg passerer igennem Headingly, kommer jeg altid forbi den her kirkegård. For en uges tid siden bestemte jeg mig for at tage nogle billeder. Mange af gravene er i hvert fald mere end hundrede år gamle, og jeg tror ikke, at der er nogle, der tager sig af dem længere.
Going through Headingly I always pass by this graveyard. A week or so ago I decided to take some pictures. Many of the graves are at least a hundred years old and I don't think anyone takes care of them anymore.

A Bit of Christmas

'Mince pies' er alt for gode.
Mince pies are too good.


Hvis jeg skulle have været her mere end et semester, ville jeg have været nødt til at melde mig ind i Harry Potter selskabet.
If I was going to be here for more than a semester I'd have had to join the Harry Potter Society.


Ikke så julet, men mest bare for at bevise, at jeg har lavet andre ting end at se på bygninger og spise, haha, men på de aftener kommer kameraet ikke med.
Not so Christmassy, but just to prove that I have been doing other things than looking at buildings and eating, haha, but on those nights the camera is left at home.

Det her er i øvrigt et planlagt indlæg, og der kommer et hver anden dag frem til den 20. december. I dag har jeg nemlig travlt med at vise en pæn ung herre rundt i Leeds og i morgen tager vi ned til London. Forhåbentligt kan jeg få de billeder op imllem jul og nytår. I Januar tager jeg ned til samme pæne mand i València og så er jeg tilbage i Leeds den 8. januar. Vi ses på den anden side!
This is by the way a planned post and there will be a new one every second day until the 20th of December. Today I will be busy showing a handsome gentleman around Leeds and tomorrow we will go down to London. Hopefully I'll be able to post the pictures from London between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Then I will meet this same gentleman in València in January and be back in Leeds on January 8th. See you on the flip side!

Decadence at the Hidden Café

Inde i Unionen ligger denne lille café gemt, hvis man ikke lige ved, hvor man er på vej hen, selvom der faktisk er skilte. Eller måske er jeg bare virkelig dårlig til at finde vej. Egentligt, så glem 'måske'. Desværre var jeg ikke kvinde nok for at rejse mig op og tage ordentlige billeder, men de har fine kager og cupcakes. Og den ligger foran bogforretningen. Og man kan spille scrabble.
Inside the Union building is this little café, quite hidden if you don't know where to go, even if there's actually signs. Or maybe I'm just really bad at finding my way. Well, scratch 'maybe'. Sadly, I didn't have the guts to stand up and take proper pictures, but it's adorable and has the prettiest cakes and cupcakes. Also, it is in front of the book store. And you can play scrabble.





Denne creation hedder "Pure Decadence" og hold da helt op. Varm kakao med miniskumfiduser, flødeskum, karamelstykker og krymmel. Jeg ved ikke om det lykkedes for min hånd at vise det, men koppen var enorm.
This particular creation is called "Pure Decadence" and oh my god. Hot chocholate with marshmallows, whipped cream, fudge and sprinkles. I'm not sure if my hand manages to illustrate it, but the cup was huge.