Today we got up to go try and visit the Portobello Road
Market, hoping that although it wasn’t a Saturday, the market would still be on.
Unfortunately, after braving the wet and cold, there was no market to be seen,
so we decided to have a look at the colourful houses in the area and find a
couple of sites from the film named after the area. We found William’s (Hugh
Grant’s character) blue front door, and also the bookstore that was once the
Travel Bookshop. The store that was actually in the film was on Portobello road
so it turns out they used an Antique store for filming the frontage shots. The
store we went to did exist but was simply inspiration for the bookshop that
William owns.
Due to the cold, rain and lack of famous market, we headed
home, picking up some Lasagne and arancini to eat back at the apartment. The
rest of the evening we spent packing for our journey to Windermere the next morning, which involved some last minute washing (and blow drying) of clothes. We had a late night.
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| The pastel houses in Notting Hill |
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| A section of Portobello Road |
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| The bookshop that was inspiration for the movie |
Love A&E
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