Chimes shopping mall, Uxbridge, Greater London

This is the front elevation of the Chimes shopping mall in Uxbridge high street. It's been decorated for X'mas and new year festive season. When we were living in Uxbridge, this was our favourite shopping destination. Shilpa Shetty visited a perfume shop in this mall when she launched her fragrance series. It houses many famous brands such as Debenhams, Burtons, BHs, H&M, FCUK, GAP etc...!

X'mas fun fare @ Hyde Park, London

Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London : Panoramic view of Christmas tree decorations

The Christmas tree seen in the picture is a real x'mas tree. It was brought from Norway and installed for X'mas 2007 in London. Few more pics of the place is here...

Ice Skates @ Kew Gardens Ice Rink, London

This was the first experience for me and boo. boo-boo had done it few times during his previous stint at UK. The skates were really tight and had sharp blades and it was loads of fun on the ice rink. After couple of initial hick-ups we all managed to stand and move on our own and did many rounds. However, it was quite painful to consciously keep balancing and slowly moving ahead. The blades were almost piercing through the shows and hitting us on the bottom of our feet. Eventually, we started getting used to the pain and went around and had many hit upon us and so did we hit upon quite a few and finally managed to go round in the given time. It was a one hour slot and we enjoyed it fully. We dared enough to take these pictures from our mobile while we were skating (or rather standing on the rink !!!).

Christmas tree @ our home in Isleworth

Christmas tree @ my company

Bentalls Centre, Kingston-upon-Thames, London

The Boo-boos and I went to see this shopping mall driven by the curiosity of the feedbacks given by Karthik's friends. When we stepped in, we really got overwhelmed by the sheer size and space of the mall and the shops located on each level. We all felt that it was pretty similar to the Blue Water shopping centre at Kent. These pics were taken at Bentalls Centre when we were going around the mall. Since it's Christmas celebrations time, the decorations and extra lightings added flavour to the mall, I guess!

Ice Rink @ Somerset House, London : shot on 29 Nov 2007