Louis and I spent an hour this afternoon at Portobello Market. (In the spirit of yepyep, Thanks Rhetta! :)
Portobello Market is a street market that lines Portobello Road, and features loads of different items, including antiques, clothing, fruits and veggies, even doorknobs. It is located in Notting Hill, made famous by the Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts film. (I am now anticipating watching it again for the backdrop.)
After asking around, we learned that the best days to visit Portobello Market are Fridays and Saturdays. However, we did not realize that the markets start to close up around 5pm or so (at least on Friday), as we arrived right around then. Therefore, we didn't have much time to wander around the market, but I was hoping to just glance around, with the chance to get some last minute deals from closing vendors.
Here are some of the rows of buildings we saw lining the streets in our walk to the market. Quite a contrast of sleek and modern, and quaint and charming.
Here is a view of the street market - a very cool atmosphere.
Just a note - We were able to haggle fairly easily with the two vendors we talked to with market set up on the street. (I think you can generally get at least 20% off the price shown.) For the shops in the affixed buildings lined up along the street, we were only able to haggle with one of the two vendors.
Louis is not a big fan of haggling. I LOVE IT.
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