"Amapola - 'Made in London'" a London Travel Page by amapola66

I was born in London, baptised and lived in Venezuela as a baby and then came back to West London to live and attend school. The borough of Kensington and Chelsea was my 'glamorous' birthplace and I lived in various and quite strikingly different parts of town all of my life spending time in the north west and noth east areas. I guess the only way I could bring myself to leave 'the smoke', was to move to a different country. So I went to Boston MA for a year. That cured me somewhat and now we live in 'London on Sea', Brighton (all of 30 miles away)! I still visit Sister no.1, the Handsome Man and friends there regularly.

I have made a start with some transport tips, some handy info and some of my favourite regular haunts and less touristy tips will be coming as soon as I have the time. (The famous tourist spots have been done so well already don't you think?) and I am hoping to take some new photos to compliment them.

My most recent years in London were spent living in the Stoke Newington/Hackney areas and that is the area I usually visit when I go back up to 'town'.

(More on these areas soon).

Much of my youth was spent in North/West London in the Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill area and further out west in Harrow and surrounding areas (county of Middlesex).

Of course Notting Hill as made famous by the (rather dreadful) film, which had the effect of pushing up the property prices and making it rather exclusive, but it still keeps it's West Indian roots and artsy with the annual Notting Hill summer carnival. The place still has a good buzz though and of you should have a rummage in the Portobello Rd market on the weekend, especially if you like antiques.