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What happens to the streets of London that are normally filled with commuters making their way into Central London or The City on the weekend? Markets, that's what.
I finally walked through Chapel Market in Angel in my beautiful borough of Islington (I don't think I will ever live in another borough!!). Chapel Market has beautiful fruits and veg, various bits and bobs of jewellery, shoes, clothes and...bed mattresses? It's borderline car boot sale mixed with a farmers' market and simply good for a wander. What's even better is that this is a short walk, bus or tube ride away from King's Cross.
Sometimes I get a bit sad when I walk through King's Cross or anywhere else in Central and realise that this is the only London that most tourists get to know. There is SO MUCH outside of Zone 1 to see. When I came here as a tourist I hated London, it seemed like any other big city. But after living here, I've discovered that there are so many mini-cities in London - it's not what a tourist sees at all.
I like to play a game when I walk/take the bus through London where I 'unlock' levels on the map (hint at my geeky gamer girl past). There's a fork in the road at King's Cross where Caledonian Road takes you North and Pentonville Road takes you North East and straight to Angel. Once I connected those points, I realised London was a lot easier to navigate without the restrictions of the Tube map.
I later travelled on to Whitechapel to visit some friends, which required me unlocking the Angel to Old Street and Old Street/Liverpool St/Brick Lane (thanks to many a drunken night) to Whitechapel portions of the map. :)
As I normally only go there at night before heading out, I'd never seen the high street at full force. It's decorated with a massive street market in what appears to not even be London anymore save for the shiny Gherkin poking its head above the street signs.
What happens to the streets of London that are normally filled with commuters making their way into Central London or The City on the weekend? Markets, that's what.
I finally walked through Chapel Market in Angel in my beautiful borough of Islington (I don't think I will ever live in another borough!!). Chapel Market has beautiful fruits and veg, various bits and bobs of jewellery, shoes, clothes and...bed mattresses? It's borderline car boot sale mixed with a farmers' market and simply good for a wander. What's even better is that this is a short walk, bus or tube ride away from King's Cross.
Sometimes I get a bit sad when I walk through King's Cross or anywhere else in Central and realise that this is the only London that most tourists get to know. There is SO MUCH outside of Zone 1 to see. When I came here as a tourist I hated London, it seemed like any other big city. But after living here, I've discovered that there are so many mini-cities in London - it's not what a tourist sees at all.
I like to play a game when I walk/take the bus through London where I 'unlock' levels on the map (hint at my geeky gamer girl past). There's a fork in the road at King's Cross where Caledonian Road takes you North and Pentonville Road takes you North East and straight to Angel. Once I connected those points, I realised London was a lot easier to navigate without the restrictions of the Tube map.
I later travelled on to Whitechapel to visit some friends, which required me unlocking the Angel to Old Street and Old Street/Liverpool St/Brick Lane (thanks to many a drunken night) to Whitechapel portions of the map. :)
As I normally only go there at night before heading out, I'd never seen the high street at full force. It's decorated with a massive street market in what appears to not even be London anymore save for the shiny Gherkin poking its head above the street signs.
What about you - how do you like to discover cities you visit?
For the Londoners - which levels of the map have you unlocked? :)
