London Trip: Kensington Palace to Notting Hill

I had a lovely walk from Victoria, where I'm staying to Notting Hill on my first day.

I walked through Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, right near Kensington Palace to Notting Hill. The walk was very green, with lots of horseback riders, dog walkers, runners, but also birds and squirrels.

It was such a great start of my trip, but I did walk 16km that day as I went to all kind of other places after this.

 

I had my 300mm lens with me so I could zoom in and avoid the crowds.

Carrying around a camera is a bit out of fashion and gets heavy, but it does result in much better photos, so I'm glad that I did carry it with me.

As the park is very large the number of people does not bother you. I did find the runners a little crazy, as they tend to run right towards you, a little annoying to be honest :)

I liked this art installation as it looked perfectly at home yet was different.

Notting Hill was absolutely lovely.

But the Portobello market did disappoint me, not much vintage, and what was there was very highly priced. Most things were trinkets, new or handmade things, and clothing, kind of what you can buy on all the other markets.

But the streets were lovely and I even got to see the Bookstore that inspired the movie I love so much with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.

This colorful street with the cute little car looks like a movie set.

I've had very warm weather until now, only rained once, but it was at night, so I was at the hotel, fingers crossed for it to continue for the rest of my trip!