Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted. It’s that terrible habit that if you miss a day, it becomes so much easier to miss many. If I hope to keep this blog up, I need to do it every day. (Discipline, Meredith. Discipline!) Okay, okay!
So, I want to talk a bit about Sunday because it was day two of our friends’ visit and we definitely took advantage of another tourist day, despite exhaustion from a full day prior. In the morning we decided to head out to Notting Hill before we searched for a place for breakfast hoping that it would save us time. It turned out to be a great decision because we found an AMAZING bakery right when we got off the bus called Paul Rhodes Bakery (oh, and it is a new location I just noticed, when i looked up the site!). Oh man. Delish. They had these funky milk bottle lights that reminded me strangely of the movie Runaway Bride where Julia Roberts plays an industrial designer. Anyway Here’s a picture of the amazing meringues (Don’t they look fantastic, Emma??):
We then walked along and I didn’t take a lot of cell phone pix, so I don’t have much for you. I enjoyed Notting Hill and Portabella Market about as much as I did 8 years ago. Really cute and diverse with a million things I’d buy if I didn’t have to haul them back to the States. I came close to getting a couple fun prints, actually, but it didn’t make much sense. If you’ve been to Notting Hill, you probably remember this one shop before you get to the market that sells a million “old fashion” (translate: weather worn) metal signs. This one made me laugh pretty hard:
After we walked around quite a bit in the area through residential parts and such, we decided to head to Buckingham Palace before it got too late. We grabbed a bit to eat at a pub off the Victoria Station stop and then walked through the beautiful gardens to the Palace.
The lighting was perfect and it was nice to be in the sun most of the day. Every day here has been cloudy basically, so it was a great break from dreary weather! Anyway, we walked through the gardens, past geese, ducks and a few pelicans (??) to the palace itself. So majestic. Love.
At this point it was time to head back to our place so that Marc and Albert could get their luggage and head to the airport. Nathan and I also had to head out to go see some family friends in the country. It was so sad to say goodbye to Marc and Albert, but it’s okay. We’ll see them again soon I hope. Next time it’s Barcelona!!!!!!
This week deserves a separate post which I will not do until tomorrow.
i was drooling over the picture of the meringues and trying to read at the same time until i saw your aside to me :) haha
ReplyDeleteYes!! Come visit us soon in Barcelona... or we'll have to come back to NYC! ;)
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