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The Colourful Houses of Notting Hill & Portobello Road

September 19, 2016

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Apparently, the market isn’t on on Sundays, but it was still pretty busy with all the shops lining the street with their stalls. It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting, and in all honesty, I wasn’t too keen on it. The markets and stalls were full of old nik-naks and things which I’m not really into. There were a couple crepe and juice stalls though which tempted me!

We then took a little wander around the streets in search of some colourful houses. While most of them were different shades of white, we did stumble across a few little streets of colourful houses. Do you reckon they all co-ordinate with each other haha?

My dad had seen a little wall mural in South Kensington that he wanted to go see, so we took a little detour over there on the tube to snap some pictures. It was just a shame there was a car parked right in front of it! And obviously, we had to stop by bills for some dinner!

Have you been to Portobello Road before? What did you think of it?

  • Reply
    Niken
    September 19, 2016 at 4:03 pm

    such a lovely place. the colours get me every time.
    i also love that painting of people on the sky ride to skiing.

  • Reply
    yvonne owen
    June 10, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    Absolutely gorgeoous!

  • Reply
    Clazz - An Orcadian Abroad
    January 3, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    Beautiful photos! I haven’t been to Notting Hill for yeeeears so I need to go back there!

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