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February 05, 2007
Portobello Road
Made a lot more famous by the movie Notting Hill, I really enjoyed my outing to Portobello Road Market, well after battling the throng of tourists trying to take the same photo that will somehow has the road sign Portobello Road in it. It's a short walk from Notting Hill tube station, you can't possibly miss it, just follow the crowd.
This is one easy market to navigate, it's just one long road. So you can start from one side of the road to the end, and switch across. It was a brilliant mid-January day, thanks for global warming, temperature was incredibly warm for January, it felt like a Sydney winter.
I really love browsing through the 'antiques' ranging from statues claimed from 7th century china, old watches, still working old telephones, old books, old photographs, jewelry (old and new), shirt, the flea markets and almost all knid trinkets that you could possibly think off. It was really awesome, of all the markets in London, I think this is my kind of market. At the end of the road (if coming from Notting Hill station) is the fresh produce. Restaurants, cafes and tiny little pubs dotted the road, no wonder it is one of the most visited tourist site in London. Of course in the movie Notting Hill, you are completely sheltered from us, the tourists.
And no we didn't have time to find Hugh Grant's bookshop and the house with the blue door from the aforementioned movie, but I heard that you can do a special Notting Hill walking tour that will take you to the said places.
Posted by vhadiant at February 5, 2007 10:51 PM
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