This weekend has been so much fun. Yesterday my boyfriend Alexi and I went to the Ben and Jerry’s Sundae on the Common. We ate so, so, so much ice cream. Caramel Chew Chew is still my favourite! Over the course of the day I also tried Chocolate Fudge Brownie frozen yoghurt, Jamaican Me Crazy sorbet, Mango Berry Swirl sorbet and Fossil Fuel. There were also some pretty decent bands.
Florence and the Machine
She’s a reaaaalllyyyy good singer!
The Delays put on a pretty decent live set.
We didn’t stay for all of the Charlatans’ set, but what we saw was good!
There were also bunnies!
And duckies! And other farm animals!
I must say though that Florence and the Machine were a happy surprise! I’m already a fan of Lightspeed Champion and other related acts but Florence’s voice is something else. She’s endearingly loopy and dances a bit like me after a glass of wine, but boy can she sing!
Then today we went to the Thai Food Festival in Battersea Park! I love Battersea Park. I spent a lot of time there as a child (my childhood pet Trixy the hamster was even laid to rest there) so it was nice to go back after such a long time. The festival was a lot of fun.
This guy made such amazing things out of fruit. So detailed!
Needless to say, the food was delicious. I really was that happy.
We had these for dessert and they were soooooooooo sweet and refreshing on such a hot afternoon.
The ladies who served me food and later dessert kept speaking to me in Thai! It’s understandable as I’m half Indonesian so I must have just looked like one of the second generation half-Thais running around! It was a bit confusing though as I can’t actually speak a word of Thai! I’d love to learn it though!
This evening I went for a bike ride with Alexi through Ham (the part of Richmond where he lives). We ended up outside Ham House.
It’s such a beautiful building. It was built in 1610 and is still in amazing condition because it’s well looked after by the National Trust. I’m going to have to visit it during the day and take more photos!
