Gumball 3000

Thursday, 5th of May 2016

Last Monday, 2nd of May, there was a huge event planned in Regent Street, the central area of London - The Gumball 3000.

This event is sponsored by the company Shell and is basically a display of eco-marathon cars and future concept cars. The street was closed and surrounded with police officers to ensure everything went as planned.

Side bars separated people, leaving space in the middle of the road for the parade, where David Hasselhoff showed up riding one of the cars. There were lucky fans who managed to take a photo with him or just shake his hand.

A lot of people showed up and even when it started to rain for a few minutes, the crowd never left.

And, this is because if there is something that moves londoners out of there house is a car. These people love their cars, no one can say other wise.

While walking down any street, you can easily spot a couple of Ferraris and Porsches passing by.

It is also easy to find a store with many brand cars on display, actually there are too many of them and to close to each other for you to miss it. And of course, they seem to attract dozens of tourists who always stop to get their phones out of their pockets and take a couple of photos.

I can't say I really understand this. I don't have any interest in cars, whether it is a Smart or a Lamborghini, to me is all the same, but if this floats your boat, you are definitely welcome in here.

From a girl more impressed with buses than cars,

Mariana Fidalgo