Visiting Market & Hillsongs

After a tiring day shopping and loads of walking yesterday, the kids and Stella decided to stay home while Hubby, Mike and I combed the markets. We set off early and our first stop was the Borough Market which is well known as London’s oldest food market and it has been serving the people of Southwark for 1,000 years and counting.

When we arrived at the entrance, we noticed that most of the shops in the market were closed. A local walked towards us and told us that the market is usually closed on Sundays. Errrr… we were surprised as weekends should be the busiest and most crowds for business. Strange…

Disappointed and we went to Portobello Market instead. This market is pretty near to where our apartment is located and it was easy for us to get home. Portobello Road is probably the world’s best-known market. Though famous for antiques, that’s not all there is. It’s a haven for lovers of fashion, food, books and music; anyone who wants to find something unique or loves a bargain.

When we arrived, it was quite a breeze to walk around as we were pretty early. Since most of the stalls were still preparing, we took our time to enjoy our breakfast at Fabrique which we chanced upon and surprising their coffee and sandwiches were tasty. 

We continued exploring the streets and realized that it is a super long street filled with stalls selling different stuff and mostly interesting ones. I am loving this market as there were loads of stuff to see and many eateries and cafés that are filled with people. 

Since the girls were at home, we queued up for the pasta, paella to bring back as our luncheon. It was so delicious even though it took us quite a long walk back to our apartment.

In the afternoon, we set off for our service at Hillsongs. It is conveniently located in the heart of London. When we arrived, there was a huge crowd at the entrance but the people were really nice and led us up to the upper floor for seats. The service was held at the Dominion Theatre and it felt as if I am watching a play or something. As Catholics, we are not familiar with other Christianity’s style of worships but as long as we God in our hearts, I guess it doesn’t matter what you are.

The service lasted about an hour or so and I was happy that singing praise was the majority part of the service while the preaching was a smaller part. Honestly, I was actually fighting to keep myself awake especially when hubby and our two kiddos were sleeping soundly beside me!!!

After service, we went to the supermarket that is located at the corner of our apartment to get some food for dinner. We are really blessed to have Chef Mike in the house as he can whip up anything at your request. We bought roast duck from Four Seasons Restaurant (known as one of the best roast duck in London) and chef prepared the rest of the dishes. 

We were really the lucky ones who had the privilege to attend the ‘concert’ performed by our little pumpkin Emma. Her managers Lady Faith & Bella gave named her ‘Emmarina’ as her stage name. hahahaahahahah… it was super cute and fun!