Study Abroad Blog

January 13, 2025

Portobello Market, Hyde Park and Parliament

A couple of adventurous students joined me this morning for an optional trip to one of the most famous and historical markets in the world: Portobello Market in Notting Hill. We also paid a brief visit to Hyde Park and Kensington Palace before meeting the rest of the group back at the hotel in East London. In the afternoon, the group returned to Westminster to tour the houses of parliament and learn more about the history of the building and the parliamentary proceedings that take place there. 

Two young men in winter jackets stand in Hyde park in front of a statue of queen Victoria with Kensington palace in the background.
Matthew Hoffman and Cory Johnson pose in front of Kensington palace and a statue of Queen Victoria in Hyde Park, London.

 

Two young men in winter jackets stand beneath a Portobello Road sign in Notting Hill, west London
Matthew Hoffman and Cory Johnson beneath the Portobello Road sign near where the market begins.

 

A group of young men and women stand in a medieval great hall with a vaulted ceiling and exposed wood beams. There is a large stained glass window in the background.
Nina King, Parker Hirst, Sky Larson (hiding behind Parker), Tim McCrory, Lukas Pelletier, Lua Amanat, Charles Karwoski, JJ Davis, Donovan Piccicuto, and Daniel Edgerton-Dickey in Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster, London after a tour of the Houses of Parliament.