London: Portabello Market Uno

Portabello Market in London was another one of my favorite places I went to.  Especially the part of the market where there were many antique vendors and stores.  I could just bring a sleeping bag and live in Portabello Market; that is how much I love that place.  There were definitely many vintage and antiques items that I wanted to get, some were affordable while some were quite expensive.  Some of the items I purchased was a vintage camera and old printing letter blocks.  In the picture above, there was a store called Stumper&Fielding which is a cool clothing/items store.  Mostly I like their name, very similar to Random&Keila.

Again, the whole day we were there, the streets were constantly crowded like in the picture above. Incredible.

There were seven sections that make up Portabello Market.  It took us the whole day to reach the end of the market. 

Vintage Car Issue: London

There were a couple cool classic cars that I saw when I was walking towards Portabello Road from Notting Hill Gate.  I love the red mini cooper above, probably my favorite. Below is another cool old car, but I don't know what brand it was.  Finally the last car is not even a classic car, but Ferrari's are still cool and it's in gray, my favorite color. 

London: Notting Hill

On the first Saturday of our trip to London, my sister in law took us to Portabello Market which is one of the biggest and well-known markets in London.  So before we can reached Portabello Market, we stopped in the Notting Hill station by the tube and walked about four blocks to reach Portabello Road which it isn't even the start of the actual market.  Overall, the whole market from end to end is about two miles and it took us literally the whole day to reach the other end of the market because of all the people coming out on Saturday.  But the experience is amazing, I personally was excited to go here because I have heard that they had many vintage items such as vintage cameras.  I ended up getting a couple cool things with some interesting stories behind it which I will post later.  Other than than, if for some reason you end up in London, you will want to visit Portabello Market for the experience. 

Nice small streets, just the way I like it.

Some bicycle action in London. 

Here is another Bansky piece I saw in Portabello Road.  

Some guy rocking blue pants.  I like his scarf though.

There were many street musicians in Portabello Road.  

London: Regent's Park

Adjacent to Primose Hill is the Regent's Park which is also another cool city park in London.  The cool thing about this park is that it has a bit of everything in it.  There are huge spaces where kids can run around in, a canal with cool boats in it, a flower garden, tennis courts and a lake with cool trees around it; you get the point.  It's just a huge city park. 

London: Primose Hill

From Chalk Farm, we walked towards Primose Hill which is a nice park in London and located in one of the more nicer and expensive parts of London.  We walked along Regent Parkway from Chalk Farm and passed many upscale local stores.  Very nice, but very expensive.  

Finally we reached Primose Hill.  A must go to park for photographers because you there is one point at the top of the hill where you can get a very nice view of London.  The park itself is nice, big, and lots of dogs running around in it.   After walking around a lot, it was nice to relax in Primose Hill.

London: Chalk Farm

So from the Camden Lock area in London, we walked towards Chalk Farm which was basically just an extension of Camden Lock.  The area had fewer stores and less hectic than Camden Lock.
 

Funny houses.

There were some cool wall murals and other stuff on the streets in Chalk Farm.

We went to this place called the RoundHouse which was a performing arts place for music, dance and all other types of performances.  The space was weird and cool in the same time, very interesting place.

 Oh dog.

Last, I ran into this wall art in the area between Chalk Farm and Primose Hill. I think it might be a Bansky art piece by the look of it.

London: Camden pt. Duo

The market and the more exciting part of Camden is an are called Camden Lock.  The have small stores, coffee shops, eateries and overall just an interesting place to go to.  This part of London had older buildings so it has that grunge feeling, but then again that's the kind of thing I enjoy. 

 

Some cool decor in a charity shop.

The area above is where Camden Lock, the market part of Camden starts.  You can tell because you start seeing all these street vendors everywhere.

Camden lock is just this huge complex of small stores selling an eclectic collection of clothes, vintage items, leather bags, jewelery and unique stuff.  It's exactly like the Saturday Market in Portland but just bigger and it's opened seven days a week.

They had these pools where you put your feet it and the fishes inside eat away dirt and dead skin off your foot so you can have healthy foot.  Gross.

The food area is a collection of fish & chips, asian, indian, turkish food and many more.  I love this area because there was a canal right by the area so people just eat there and they place where you eat be the canal had moped seats as your seating place.  Love it.