China Town

Friday, 13th of May 2016

The first week of my life in London, when my father was still here, we decided to go for a walk, after dinner, to the Soho area in Westminster.

I was amazed by the neon lights, making it almost appearing to be daylight, the crowd, the noise and the movement. I saw myself falling in love with this city once again.

While on our walk, I became impressed by this huge chinese gate that was standing on my right side and begged to go there and see it from a closer point of view.

Only after I realized that I was entering China Town. 

This was my first time visiting a little bit of China, I have always seen american movies that portray their version of China Town and it always intrigued me, so it was a really nice surprise since I didn't even know that London had one.

When you go through this huge decorated gates, you feel yourself entering another dimension. Everywhere you look there are many asian restaurants and tradicional stores of the oriental culture.

Here is also where the Chinese New Year is celebrated, as well as many other typical asian festiveties, such as the Buddha Birthday that I hope to attend later this month.

From a girl finding other cultures,

Mariana Fidalgo