One of the things that I have been looking forward to in London is visiting all the markets. There are many famous markets around the city, as well as small local markets. Surprisingly, there are 3 markets in my
neighborhood that are open on the weekends. This past weekend, I started at the Columbia Flower Market which is a 5 minute walk from my house.
It was great! It is not very big, just about 3 blocks long. But the place was packed with people and flower vendors yelling prices for all different sorts of things. There were flowers/plants I had never seen before. The picture below looks like little pineapples, but they were on top of 3 foot stalks...
And also amazingly beautiful flowers and trees. You could buy things from fresh cut flowers to maple trees.
At the end, I could not resist and bought 3 bundles of fresh cut flowers for the flat.
After the flower market, I headed to the other markets with my roommates. You could find everything from used goods, to fresh bread, to cheeses, to
vegetables, to clothing. It was a great discovery and I am excited I can hit the markets on the weekend for whatever I need.
2 comments:
The flowers do look lovely! I have to question your word choice..."a top three foot stocks." Do you mean stalks? The reason I say that is because when I said it in my head, the Jersey accent in my head had a hard time saying the word. Then I realized you might be writing how you pronounce the word. I'm a hobby linguist and am fascinated by dialects both within New Jersey and outside of my state.
You have to remember that I can't spell! The spell check did not pick it up...how would I know! :)
It's call a Kerry dialect!
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