Today Paul and I set our alarm clock for 7:30am with every intention of getting out of the hotel room early and spending the day at Buckingham Palace. When the alarm sounded neither of us could will ourselves out of bed, so the alarm got switched off and we slept in and had a nice relaxing morning. We finally managed to take showers and head out at about 12:30 and headed to the underground to take a short trip to Notting Hill. London has a number of wonderful street markets and we chose this one because it is featured in one of my all time favorite romantic comedies "Notting Hill" starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Paul had looked up the addresses of the famous sights from the movie and it was so fun to see William Thatcher's blue front door (although it is now black, as they auctioned off the blue one for charity)
the coffee shop that where they collided and the William's Travel book shop (which is now a shoe store called Notting Hill). We walked up and down the market looking at all the vendors and enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of one of the finer bits of London. As we decided not to go to France (it is too expensive) we found a delicious crepe stand and were able to enjoy them for lunch as we strolled up and down the street.
In the evening we were still both a bit tired (I think we are still adjusting to the time change and recovering from two long days of travel) so we headed back to Edgeware close to our hotel, ate at a local restaurant and then went back to the hotel for an early evening. We decided that to keep in the mood of our relaxing day spent in Notting Hill we would curl up together and watch the Movie that inspired our day!!
Today Paul and I set our alarm clock for 7:30am with every intention of getting out of the hotel room early and spending the day at Buckingham Palace. When the alarm sounded neither of us could will ourselves out of bed, so the alarm got switched off and we slept in and had a nice relaxing morning. We finally managed to take showers and head out at about 12:30 and headed to the underground to take a short trip to Notting Hill. London has a number of wonderful street markets and we chose this one because it is featured in one of my all time favorite romantic comedies "Notting Hill" starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Paul had looked up the addresses of the famous sights from the movie and it was so fun to see William Thatcher's blue front door (although it is now black, as they auctioned off the blue one for charity) 
the coffee shop that where they collided and the William's Travel book shop (which is now a shoe store called Notting Hill). We walked up and down the market looking at all the vendors and enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of one of the finer bits of London. As we decided not to go to France (it is too expensive) we found a delicious crepe stand and were able to enjoy them for lunch as we strolled up and down the street.
In the evening we were still both a bit tired (I think we are still adjusting to the time change and recovering from two long days of travel) so we headed back to Edgeware close to our hotel, ate at a local restaurant and then went back to the hotel for an early evening. We decided that to keep in the mood of our relaxing day spent in Notting Hill we would curl up together and watch the Movie that inspired our day!!
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