Camden Markets

The first market that a bunch of us decided to go to was Camden Markets, a collection of four separate markets about one and half miles north of our main campus in Bloomsbury. Obviously the markets were in the town of Camden Town, an area known for its unsafe neighborhoods at night. Luckily we were going on a quite Sunday mid-morning journey.

And oh what an experience it was. There huge numbers of stalls, mainly selling the same England tourist odds and ends (Football jerseys, I Heart London shirts, postcards, etc.), however, there mainly awesome vintage and art stores with a head shop thrown in here and there. It was a quite exciting place that was extremely crowded.

The most overwhelming feeling is when we entered the food court area. Here dozens and dozens of vendors would shout and yell trying to grab any ounce of attention to try and get us to purchase their food, which ranged from Chinese to Thai and Argentinian meat to Caribbean jerk chicken. This place was so international.

The best part about Camden however was the old turn of the century canal, which was still in use. It was awesome being near the water and just chilling out there from the bustling crowd of the market.

Unfortunately, the only purchase we made was on the way back at the 99 pence store.