Portobello Market

Since coming to London I have seen so many new and amazing things. Past weekend we took a trip with our Marketing class to Portobello Market. It was so fascinating. This market consisted of many stands set up along the road as well as little shops that sold a wide variety of things. There were a lot of antiques for sale along the road. They had old cameras and boxing gloves, jewelry, shoes, and clothes. There was even an antique lace dress priced at over one thousand pounds. As we walked down the road it through the antiques there were stands that sell newer items such as clothes, purses, more jewelry, and pictures and posters. Then even further was where all the food stands were where one could buy produce or snacks and candy. There was so much to look at and so many people it was a bit over whelming. What seemed even more interesting to me was that even with all those people, cars would still try to drive down the road in some places. It was pretty crazy and a bit scary. This market has been around for a long time and conducted business for many years it is quite amazing. There were so many abstract items for sale; I really wondered who buys some of these things. Other than a collector I do not think many people have any use for old cameras and watches that do not even work anymore. It was interesting to get to see all of these things but I did not buy anything and with most of the antiques, I did not see many others buying anything either. I really wondered how the sales people could make a living off of it. The experience of Portobello Market was different from anything else I have ever done and it was awesome to be able to see how people conducted their business right on the side of the road.

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