Go Find It

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I never got to Hampstead Heat on Sunday; I ended up doing a bit of shopping. I didn’t find too much but I bought some DVD’s and I got some photos developed so that I can decorate my room with them. However last time I went shopping I and a friend did an awesome discovery, we found a restaurant called Imli.

We were actually going to Inamo, but as there were no tables we just chose something close to it and it happened to be a wise choice. Imli is an Indian tapas restaurant situated in central London and the decor is light and modern. It felt really nice and friendly sitting there and sharing food with a good friend. I really like tapas as it’s such ‘social food’. However you can easily get bored by eating regular Spanish tapas too often, so it was great to have a bit of a change. Indian food also suits absolutely great for tapas. I strongly recommend you to pay a visit there after a heavy shopping spree.

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This Sunday is Sunday market time. Especially one: the Columbia Flower Market. This place will always hold special memories for me since it was the very first spot I visited when I came to London. It was a sunny Sunday and the small street was crammed with smiling people filled with expectations, searching for the perfect tree to take home.

As I tried to make my way through this crowd I heard the loud voices of the flower sellers: £3. 50, only £3. 50! As I looked up I saw tops of green trees, instead of the usual London gray sky.

It felt amazing. I was in the middle of London, on a tiny street packed with color and happiness. Along the sides of this tiny street there were small harmonic shops in typical London style with bright facades and wooden floors. The smell of wood blended with the flowers and the small steamy clouds rising from the Earl Grey tea that the people were carrying around. On the pavement there was a young writer leaning against a blue door in the sunshine. He was maybe trying to work on a poem. Further in the background there was music. It was coming from a young violin player. He was probably a student.

I enter a tea shop and fall in love with a ceramic teapot. Must have it. Such a way to brighten up the winter life, Columbia road Flower market and a steaming hot pot of tea after you’ve brought your tree home.

This is what I am going to be doing this Sunday. And this time I might go for a bright yellow lemon tree to cure even the grayest winter mornings.

Baci

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It’s easy to get stuck with the thought that you need to find new things to see and do while you are away, but not when you are at home. That’s probably because at home you have your normal routines and you don’t really think of the places around you. However, that’s a shame, you miss out on a lot of things when going through the day in a routine.

I got reminded of this on Sunday, when I and my friends went for dinner just outside our flat. We live in Battersea Park and there are a few restaurants that I walk past almost every day going to the bus. I never pay much attention to them and I never thought of trying them out but when my friends wanted a meal out we decided to try something close to us for once.

We ended up in place called La Bottega Di Noemi which we discovered was a real gem. It’s not really a trendy place but it has its own tacky charm and the service was really good. We got offered food that was not on the menu and it was really tasty. If you’re ever around Battersea Park try this small Italian restaurant out

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