Saturday, May 22, 2010

Portobello Road Market


Today Jared and I decided to head to the Portobello Street Market. This famous market is in the part of London known as Notting Hill. It is exactly what you would imagine - beautiful fruit stands everywhere, antique stands, clothing stands, and jewelry stands. AND TONS OF PEOPLE- NOT KIDDING- LIKE A BAZILLION. The food stands are open all week long but it is only on Saturday that the rest of the stands make an appearance - and it was well worth the £4 pounds for the busride.

(Where's Janice?)









In this market we saw cute Dutch women in beautiful dresses, an old man with a cane and a jack russel sitting on his shoulder (pirate style) while he walked down the street, and a british boy duwop group, just to name a few of the interesting sites to behold.






And Jared finallllyyy bought me my wedding present - da da da duh!!!

A pair of beautiful cameo earrings dating back to the late Victorian Era. Aren't they lovely?



I wish we could've got more pictures - but this part of the city is notorious for pickpocketing, so Jared and I remained on alert.
We love and miss you all,
sincerely,
Jan and Jared

5 comments:

  1. Love the earrings Jan, I wanna see more pics of you guys,too. I can't imagine being in that crowd. Don't forget my present!!! Love you, MOM

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  2. I bet it was exciting! I love the earings great job Jared. I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday, cheeks are little swollen.

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  3. I love the earrings! They are so beautiful... like me... lol. jk

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  4. Shala, we have more pictures of us...coming later today! :) We miss you and love you!

    Vic, I'm sorry about your teefs. Feel better!

    Sarah, Nothing is as pretty as you!

    Jerry, Thank you!!!

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