Monday, 11 May 2009

It's a puppet!

Sunday 10th May 2009 saw me passing through Covent Garden, for the
34th annual May Fayre, which also celebrated Mr. Punch's 347th birthday!



This is the famous landmark, the 'Punch & Judy' pub, which cements the local 'puppet' connections.





And here's the reason why:



The event was held in the churchyard of the 'Actors Church'





The Puppet Festival was organised by this organisation.



























This is Salvo the clown.

























Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Around Aalst

Some more snaps from the Belgian town of Aalst, which I visited briefly for a few hours in November 2008.

I can't recall what the buildings were though!















This old pub sign was above a bar that hosted this club.
So it said in the window, it was closed when I was passing!





I've not heard of him, but a famous Belgian painter apparently.











Belgian royalty remembered...







This was the train station.