Last weekend we went to The Columbia Road Flower Market (20 mins walk from our place) - its probably smaller than the flower section of the Prahran market, yet basically all of London goes there on the weekend and crowds around the dozen stalls. And everyone kept telling us we had to do it, go figure. We didn't get it.
The weekend before we went to Portobello markets in Notting Hill, which I loved - all British memorabilia and antiques.
In typical British style, all of the Londoners who weren't at the flower market, were at the Portobello Markets.
We then did the Camden markets, which we didn't like (delish doughnuts aside) - every stall was either selling bongs or punk leather spandex get ups. Not really us. Crowds = the same though, bizarrely. We also decided to walk there, a quick 1 1/2 hour stroll from our place, which meant by the time we got there, we were exhausted. Not great planning really.
One market we do like is the London Borough Market - much like the deli section of the South Melbourne Market I though. I bought 5 french cheeses for 10pounds. Oddly, there was little fresh fruit, and no meat at all. On the upside, there was fresh Paella and jugs of sangria. It is also a 5 min walk from my client site at the moment, so I pop down at lunch time.
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