World Cup, Common England, Common Nigeria!

We are well underway in the biggest soccer fiesta on earth. As a Nigerian by birth, i fully support my Super eagles. I do also support the Three Lions, the national team of my adopted Country. Should they both meet in the competition( almost unlikely judging by the games already played.) I must also add that i have been mesmerized by the performances of the Dutch and Germans. Brazil has failed to impress while Costa rica and Chile have come up with some surprising upsets.Who do i tip? Well Argentina. Why, just a feeling i get.

Yesterday witnessed the death of tikki takka with the exit of Spain.Today we are all behind England as we try to go as far as we possibly can in this competition,

Common England!!

Bleeding my London

The title of my post would not doubt seem strange for those who do not know or have not heard about the book by Geoff Nicholson titled " Bleeding London" or the ambitious project to photograph all the streets in London which is being spear headed by the Royal Photographic Society gallery. Now to be honest i had never heard of the book, not because it isn't a good book but because i am not much of a reader of fiction, i rather prefer Non-fiction and even at that there are a lot of books i have not read. The ambitious project to take all the streets in London however caught my interest.

I have lived in London now for the past 5 years and i must say London is a photographers heaven, but then again i cannot claim t have visited a lot of countries. But London to me and all those who have visited is a lovely place for the man with the camera. The more popular monuments like the Trafalgar square, the Buckingham palace, the London eye to mention a few could have any photographer or photography enthusiast salivating but beyond that is a city of fashion, culture, diversity,politics you name it. Every single street or turn gives you something or someone to snap.As such it was share joy for me to be able to make a collection of some of the lovely neighborhoods around my vicinity and others i pass through on my daily journeys.

Here are some of them, you may find some familiar if you live in London. Also you could also be part of this project if you live in London by visiting the link below to register;

                                                                     rps-upf.org/

You can also view more of my images as well as those of others . Happy viewing.

Amsterdam

I had heard so much about Amsterdam and have made up my mind to visit one day. Much of what we hear of course is about the famous red light district and the girls on display, the weed, the partying and the booze. However very little has been said about the food, oh yeah the food. I had stayed at the Tulip Inn at the Amsterdam riverside and the food was out of this world. This is not restricted to that hotel alone but every single restaurant i had visited. 

The architecture in Amsterdam is divine and lives a lasting memory, my visit to the Rijksmusuem was simply inspiring. They have such history as exemplified by the works of Rembrandt and Amsterdam favorite son Vincent Van Goh

Finally how can i forget the warmth of its people, agreed most people you come across are foreigners on a trip to amsterdam like myself, but the average dutch person i met was so warm and ready to engage me in conversation mostly about the proud heritage of the Dutch as well as the fact that its a destination others envy. Oh did i forget to add the bicycles?

Welcome to Amsterdam, and the high and the party never stops.