Notting Hill Carnaval

Our flight to London was uneventful. We watched Duplicity on the plane over. I found it formulaic and with no spark between Clive Own and Julia Roberts. But it passed the time.

When we arrived the the weather was very nice. We had a car meet us at the airport (Heathrow) and drive us to our hotel in Mayfair.

From London, August 2009

The driver told us that the Notting Hill Carnaval was going on that day and the next (it was a Bank Holiday Weekend) so we decided to head on down to Notting Hill to see what that was all about.

It turns out that this is the "Biggest Carnaval" outside of the Caribbean. It was jam packed with people, noise, and stands selling hotdogs and jerked chicken.

From London, August 2009

There must be frequent violence at these festivals, however, as many windows in the area were boarded up.

From London, August 2009

We didn't stay too long.

We went back towards the hotel, ate soem bad fish and chips (It can be good!) and went to sleep.