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.
