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Post by mossie on Dec 18, 2017 20:12:15 GMT
Having had a go at Paris Christmas efforts, when I visited Norwich today I thought I would show you a little from that city. In one of the passageways in a shopping mall some of the local schoolchildren have been showing of their art, no doubt under strict supervision.  and here  here is the whole display  I don't know the significance of the gorilla at the head of some stairs, but he has acquired a seasonal hat  This is a more general view showing a reindeer and a sleigh  This is the Royal Arcade, suitably decorated  some windows in the leading department store, some of the things have a little automation, but nothing on the scale of Galeries LaFayette  There was quite a competent busker beside one  Now a selection of individual shop windows   A toy shop has really gone to town  But this lady has switched off and is more interested in her mobile phone  At least my favourite pub had got in on the act  Have to try and get into the Christmas spirit somehow. SO, a Merry Christmas one and all. |
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Post by breeze on Dec 18, 2017 20:45:04 GMT
I'm not in the Christmas spirit either, Mossie. Not that I care much. It used to be a big part of my life, but not any longer. We'll drive out to see Christmas decorations tomorrow night, and Christmas eve we'll drive to a tiny community that puts out a mile or so of luminarias.
Your photos make it possible for me to get a taste for Christmas in front of my monitor, so thank you.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 18, 2017 22:35:14 GMT
Count on you, Mossie, to turn commercial Christmas displays into fun photo opportunities.
I love the kids' mural and the elegance of the overhead decorations in the Royal Arcade. The round display windows are wonderful and I would really like to have one of those stuffed rabbits, even though usually I have no feelings for either rabbits or stuffed animals.
Great pictures -- thanks!
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Post by lagatta on Dec 19, 2017 1:49:49 GMT
Mossie, do you know the history of the Royal Arcade? To my untutored mind, it looks like a British version of the Parisian passages. Lovely.
It seemed quite cold there, was that the case?
By the way, caribou (wild reindeer) is delicious...
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Post by mich64 on Dec 19, 2017 3:40:13 GMT
The murals are fabulous, the children must have had so much fun with all that space to paint on! Even as an adult I would enjoy being given a painting assignment in a creation like that.
Looking at the photo of the toy store made me think of the times I would spend time in shops like that looking for that perfect present for my nieces and nephews, they are all adults now with some having children of their own. The pictures gave me some happy memories today!
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 19, 2017 4:54:23 GMT
It's nice to see Christmas decorations in a more "standard" city. Cheer is often in short supply, so I am happy to take Christmas cheer as well.
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Post by mossie on Dec 20, 2017 16:38:19 GMT
Lagatta, the arcade was opened in 1899, no doubt influenced by the Paris examples. Designed by a local architect, with Art Nouveau influences.
Yes it was a very cold day, but I chose to go there then because it was nice bright sunshine, with a good frost to start with. Since then the weather has turned milder and closer to our normal Christmas dismal drizzly stuff. I know which I prefer.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 20, 2017 21:19:27 GMT
Yes, I could sense the cold in those lovely photos. I remember a few clear, cold days as you describe in Amsterdam, but usually there it is damp and drizzly and just above zero (c). It is extremely cold and dry on the Canadian prairies, but also in some regions not terribly far north of Montréal. Here it manages to be both cold and bone-chilling damp, for the simple reason that we are an island, where the Ottawa flows into the St-Lawrence - even the Ottawa is quite a broad river. Once my former bush-pilot uncle flew his daughter and me from Ottawa to Montréal in a small (four-seater) plane and it was very impressive to see the volume of water.
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