A little love for Notting Hill

Well spent Sunday exploring areas of London I'd never been to before.

I left a little part of my heart in Notting Hill. Camden falls down to second place as Notting Hill runs over with second hand stores to die for. Meaning, ohsomuchmore better.

Our first stop was to check out street art by Banksy. Online there was a great spot locator which showed us a Banksy art piece just a short walk away from my house. The locator can be found on GoogleMaps here. The blue pin marked spots are places that still have the art piece there.

We found the spot easily thanks to my phone's navigator. And at the spot we met a guy (in the picture above) who asked us: "So, you like my art, hhu?"

As the identity of Banksy remains unknown - who knows maybe we just laughed at Mr. Banksy's face when he was asking us a serious question?

Irma wanted to try out the traditional English breakfast. Sunday apparently isn't the best day to go out for EB, as every pub was serving their Sunday roast. After hunting for a put with all-day (or at least 12.30pm) breakfast serve, we found the Pommelers Rest by Tower Bridge. I had a superfood salad. Both were happy. Yay.

By the way - really good price to quality ratio. They serve English breakfast till 12pm for just a bit over £3!

'Have to do' sightseeing.

From Tower Hill station we hopped on a tube towards Notting Hill.

I got on the tube and noticed I was alone. Thankfully our fast communication worked and we understood to meet up on the next station.

We went to search for some more art by Banksy. Right by Portobello Market, on the other side of the road, there was Banksy's graffiti artist art piece.

On Portobello Road there is also a cool graffiti store. In the garden you can even go see a graffiti-artist make his work.

Portobello Market is fairly small but has good quality 2nd hand products priced reasonably. In addition to clothes you can find anything from guitars to toys. Cosy atmosphere.

Portobello Road has quite a few 2nd hand stores aswell. Both customized clothing as well as original vintage. Shoe paradise. And look at those cool oldskool skates! How cool boots could you get out of those by taking the metal part off.

The Grain Shop. Food paradise. Vegetarian food boxes for £4-6. Fill in, pick and mix, with anything you like. Surely going to pop by again!

The pastel colored buildings are so cute and pretty. Elegant area.

A poster on a window made me smile: 'Some people are gay. Get over it!'

When I have my own apartment one day, meaning one I own or rent for a long period of time, I will go back to Portobello Road for some decorations.

Cute. Cute. Car.

Walked all the way from Notting Hill Waterloo via Oxford Circus, Buckingham Palace and Westminster. Popped by a Princess Diana cafe by Hyde Park. Had mango juice at a pub by Big Ben where three Americans told us they were stupid and confirmed themselves by saying: 'In Finland you speak Danish, right?'

Over and out,
L
xxx