What I did in March 2015

I saw Douglas Coupland and other speakers talking about the Extreme Present.
I walked up the pier in Herne Bay and stared at the sea.
I wandered on the beach in Tankerton and looked at the colourful beach huts.
I was given an excellent guided tour by messy_hair_girl and visited Postman's Park, amongst other places in London.
I went to the Nordic Bar to celebrate miss_newham's birthday.
I gazed out of the Skygarden, at the top of the Walkie Talkie building at the views of London.
I wandered through the parks of Twickenham and past the water nymphs, and visited the Orleans Gallery and saw paintings and photos of Richmond.
I attended Monika's citizenship ceremony at York House, and celebrated at Browns and the Cask.
I walked underneath the viaduct in Eynsford and shouted "echo!" into it and listened to the echoes.
I wandered around Richmond park, amongst the parakeets and deer, watching for the partial eclipse, but it was cloudy. I also hid inside trees there.
I ate porridge from the Porridge Cafe.
I saw The tale of the Princess Kaguya at the ICA cinema.
I went on holiday to Iceland. (See: posts about Iceland and photos on Flickr of Iceland.)

Iceland: Reykjavík

She took a bus into Reykjavík, the number 1 bus, that afternoon, and wandered around the city.



She found gloves lined up on railings with a sign saying "Single gloves speed dating", and she wondered how her glove that she had lost in Vík was doing.



She went past a postbox for "letters to the Icelandic Santa" and it explained that you should write a letter with the name of your best friend or child and they would get a letter and gift from one of the 13 Icelandic yule lads.

She walked past souvenir shops selling many toy puffins, and a shop with a large polar bear outside.

It was snowing on and off in Reykjavík that day.

She took a lift to the top of the Hallgrímskirkja and admired the views across the city of the colourful buildings.



She went inside the Harpa building and stared up at the geometric shapes and the pretend birds flying across. She found a glowing sculpture made out of empty bottles.

Then she stood for a while by the harbour, simply looking out across the water to the mountains, the beautiful mountains.