En tur til Maidstone og London!

Som nogle af jer måske ved har jeg i øjeblikket påskeferie. Jeg håber at I alle har haft en god påske ligegyldigt hvor du var og hvordan du fejrede det. Jeg tilbragte bare dagen derhjemme, og på anden påskedag havde vi roast dinner til aftensmad og en hjemmelavet frugttærte for dessert. Jeg har to hele uger af ferie, så afhængig af vejret, kommer jeg forhåbentlig til at tilbringe de fleste dage ude. Min første dag ude var i tirsdags da jeg tog til Maidstone med Laura (Schweiz) og Valentina (Italien). Vi var rigtig heldige med vejret da det kun regnede hårdt når vi sad i bussen på vej til og fra Maidstone. Jeg har været i Maidstone en gang før allerede, og som jeg sidst nævnte, er det et super sted for shopping. Det er især rigtig godt på dage hvor solen er ude, da de fleste high street butikker er placeret på gågaden inkluderende Zara, Topshop og H&M. Vi alle fandt og købte nogle gode sager, og vi fandt faktisk ud af at vi tre gjorde et spektakulært shopping trio. Under vores shopping spree tog vi et hurtigt stop på en af de mange mad stalde der var på gågaden. Vi valgte at have en hotdog hver før vi fortsatte med vores shopping. Vi fandt også vores vej til denne umærkelige second hand og vintage shop der solgte alt fra gamle fotografier fra 1850'erne til sjove moderne kostume hatte. Butikken er kaldt Trash Or Treasure og er placeret down alley ved siden af Mu Mu's restaurant. Hvis du nogensinde finder dig selv i Maidstone, burde du helt klart besøge denne butik. Hvad nogle ville kalde skrot er måske noget du ville kalde en skat. Lidt udenfor gågaderne var der en have. Valentina havde taget sit GoPro kamera med, så vi tog nogle videoer og billeder med det. Vores sidste stop var i Primark for at købe nogle sokker til kære Valentina. Efter det tog vi bare bussen tilbage til Tunbridge Wells og vi alle havde aftensmad derhjemme. Det var en meget succesful shopping dag.

 

Den næste dag, så i onsdags, tog vi til London for at tilbringe dagen der. Selv efter alle de gange jeg har været i London er der stadig så mange steder som jeg endnu ikke har opdaget eller udforsket. Så denne gang tog vi til Notting Hill. Notting Hill er et område i London med unikke bygninger og farvefulde huse. Den inkluderer markedet af Portobello Street - et marked med nye sager, frugt og grønt, og antikker. Det tog os omkring tre timer for at gå fra en ende af markedet til den anden ende. På vores vej havde vi en hurtig snack i denne dejlige spanske bageri. Der er ikke så mange bagerier her i England, so we var super spændte da vi så (og duftede) en. Da vi var færdige med Notting Hill tog vi undergrunden til Covent Garden. Covent Garden er et populært sted med masser af designer butikker og minder stande i deres Apple Market. Vi gik forbi en Ben's Cookies butik, og købte nogle lækre cookies som vi spiste henover dagen. Vi blev færdige med markedet, og gik ned til Victoria Embankment haverne. Vi vandrede lidt rundt der inden vi tog til denne mexicanske restaurant kaldt Lupita for aftensmad. Restauranten så rigtig fed ud, og maden kom hurtigt. Vi alle havde burritos, og det det var super lækkert. Efter det tog vi toget tilbage til Tunbridge Wells. Jeg var hjemme ved ni-tiden og faldt i søvn rimelig meget lige så snart jeg trådte ind af døren. Det var en rigtig lang, men god dag.

 

// As some of you may know, I have Easter holidays at the moment. I hope you all had a great Easter wherever you were and however you spend it. I just spend the day at home, and on Easter Monday we had roast dinner and homemade fruit pie for dessert. I have whole two weeks of holidays, so depending on the weather I will hopefully spend most of the days out and about. My first day out was on Tuesday when I went to Maidstone with Laura (Switzerland) and Valentina (Italy). We were really lucky with the weather as it only rained hard when we were on the bus on our way to and from Maidstone. I have been in Maidstone once before and as I already mentioned before it is a great place for shopping. It is especially really good for days where the sun is out, because most of the high street stores are located on the street including Zara, Topshop and H&M. We all found and bought some really nice purchases, and we actually discovered that we three made an excellent shopping trio. During our shopping spree we had a sneaky stop at one of the many food stands on the street. We chose to have a hotdog each before continuing shopping. We also found our way to this unusual second hand and vintage shop that sold everything from old photographs from the 1850’s to funny modern costume hats. The shop is called Trash Or Treasure and is located down alley next to Mu Mu’s restaurant. If you ever find yourself in Maidstone, then definitely visit this store. What somebody might call trash could be something you would call treasure. A bit outside of the streets there was a garden. Valentina had brought her GoPro camera so we took some videos and photos with it. Our last stop was in Primark to get some socks for dear Valentina. After that we just took the bus back to Tunbridge Wells and we all had dinner at home. It was a very successful shopping day.

 

The next day, so Wednesday, we went to London to spend the day there. Even after the many times I've been in London there are still so many places that I haven't discovered or explored yet. So this time we went to Notting Hill. Notting Hill is an area of London with unique buildings and colourful houses. It covers the market of Portobello street - a market with new goods, fruit and veg, and antiques. It took us about three hours to go from one end of the market to the other end. On the way we had a quick snack at this lovely Spanish bakery. There's are not a lot of bakeries here in England, so it we were super excited when we saw (and smelled) one. When we finished in Notting Hill we took the underground to Covent Garden. Covent Garden is quite a popular place with loads of designer shops and smaller stands at the Apple Market. We walked past a Ben's Cookies store, and bought some delicious cookies that we ate over the day. We finished at the market, and walked down to the Victoria Embankment Gardens. We wandered around there for a bit before going to this Mexican restaurant called Lupita for dinner. The restaurant looked really cool, and out food came really fast. We all had burritos, and it was super delicious. After that we took the train back to Tunbridge Wells. I was home at nine and fell asleep pretty much straight away after a really long, but good day.