Milano - 22nd May- Il Bagagliaio - the car boot sale

My Sunday; an early yet optimistic start to what turnt out to be a bitter disappointment of a day.

Sunday 22nd May - Il Bagagliaio Milan - not exactly the car boot sale I had imagined.
For as long as I can remember, my mum's been car booting it in London as a way of earning a few bob.
But it seems that the idea I had in mind was only a glimpse of an old memory.
It all started at 7.30am when myself and my fellow c/b friends arrived to an S queue of car booters all awaiting to get their spot secured and their gear out of their cars. The first thing I thought was 'yes, we're onto a winner'. But there were more sellers than punters and by the end of the day, we found ourselves swapping items with other sellers in a bid to go home with less than what we came with.
I don't know whether it was the heat, whether everyone had gone to the lake or if we had just found ourselves in a bad spot but I ended up paying more on the entrance fee and €2 bottles of water.
Nevertheless, it was apparently the worst Sunday of the year so far, so I'm either an unfortunate soul or maybe, just maybe we're not quite there yet, in this wonderful country, with the idea of selling things second hand, grabbing us a cheap bargain or 'recycling' what we already have.
But I'm going to hold this thought until September, as first time unlucky, second time.....

Bergamo, 21st May

Atalanta moves into A...

Percassi promised it to 10s of thousands of supporters, a party in piazza to celebrate Atalanta's return into A.
On Saturday afternoon Bergamo was buzzing with black & blue life, so many supporters made their way into the centre of Bergamo to be part of the event celebrations.
Atalanta flags were flying out of apartment windows, horns were beeping amidst a Bergamo that hadn't any traffic, there were rowdy groups of Atalanta t-shirts singing and waving their scarves and flags all fondly awaiting 9pm when the players would make their appearance on an open top bus, followed by an appearance on stage.
The Atalanta fans were wild, both driven by excitement and fuelled by alcohol... the Atalantino blood was running through the heart of the town... and at midnight, as the lights went out, the pubs filled up and the celebrations went on deep into the night.

Bergamo, 4th May

After having spent 2 days with my family, an afternoon mooching around the Brick Lane area (my first time ever and I'm soooo dying to go back), I spent my last morning in Topman at Oxford Circus with boyf and luggage. 
There's a place in Wardour Street not far from Oxford Circus where we went for lunch. It's called Hummus Bros.
http://www.hbros.co.uk/

After a light lunch, we headed for Liverpool Street to get the Stansted Express back to the airport.

Uffffff..

LONDON, 30th April

This morning my boyfriend and I headed to one of my fave places in London, Portobello market!
I love Portobello Market on a Saturday, so alive, full of wonderful stalls, music, so many different things to try and taste, and ok, a haven for vintage lovers like myself!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMHjsmCjL78
The atmosphere at Portobello is the same each time I go, I love visiting my favourite stalls, stopping to talk to the market sellers, chat with buyers and every now and again, fight over a vintage gem!
We spent the whole afternoon there before heading back to prepare for the evening that awaited us.

We had bought tickets via Resident Advisor for the evening of the 30th April.
We got ourselves to XOYO in London. The nearest Tube station is Old Street and the place was about a 5mins walk from there.
The event was entitled In Order to Dance, and I got to see Mr James Blake at the console with his dj set.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?238504

Resident Advisor is a website I would strongly recommend checking out for music events in London.