Monday, September 16, 2013

Portobello Road

Friday night we had a date night.  We ate Domino's Pizza, watched Finding Neverland, ate peanut M&M's and chocolate buttons, and made a life bucket list.  It was fun to have a regular old date night.  Saturday we were back up and at 'em though.  We went to the Portobello Market in Notting Hill London.  This was by far my favorite market we've been to.  It went on for blocks with everything from antique china, to fresh produce, to souvenirs of every shape and size.  We were only planning on spending a little bit of time there before heading to the museum, but we ended up spending hours walking around the market instead.  
Coriander is actually cilantro...I was so happy when I found out they had cilantro here. 
There were street performers all over the place.
Tartiflette Savoyarde - fancy, delicious potatoes
Portobello Crepes with strawberries and Nutella...mmmm
Crepes
The Market
Notting Hill was also filled with beautiful houses and apartments

After the Portobello Market, we rented Barclays Bikes again and rode around the Kensington Gardens.  We were able to walk around the Kensington Palace gardens and grounds, which were so pretty.  We biked past the Albert Memorial then over to Buckingham Palace.  By then, it was getting dark and they had lit up the palace.  We decided to head to Parliament, and see it all lit up at night. It was a perfect, little day with my hubby.
Kensington Palace and Gardens

The Kensington Palace Gardens

All this greenery is actually tree branches wired to the archway.

This bird just stood there posed like this, foot popped and all.

Wellington Arch, the Albert Memorial, and the gates of Buckingham Palace
The London Eye lit up at nigh
Parliament at night

 

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