Portobello Antiques Market

Last Saturday, we made a trip up to Notting Hill to Portobello Antiques Market. We had actually gone there in 2009 when we visited London, but we really enjoyed it, and now we've got a little more time to relax and enjoy everything going on around us. Supposedly, it's actually the largest antiques market in the world. And yes, the movie Notting Hill was filmed in the neighborhood. The market has 3 main sections--antiques, food, and a flea market. We picked up a few things in all three areas.

I apologize for the quality of the video. As much as we love our new little camcorder, I have not yet matured into an Oscar-caliber cinematographer. I think I learned my lesson not to go crazy with the zoom without a tripod or something. Anyway, below is a video of our little jaunt north to Notting Hill and a little antiques reconnaissance work for Brittany's parents when they come visit.



The video is about 13 minutes long (I just combined 17 shorter clips together), and here are some of the highlights:

• Brief tour of our neighborhood in Kensington and some of the shopping just down the street
• Tube ride to Notting Hill (only one stop down, actually!)
• Me getting politely asked to turn off the camera
• More old Singer sewing machines than you can shake a stick at
• One very large donut
• An education on how to pronounce "admiral"