The Browns first met Paddington at a railway station, Paddington Station. He had come from darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. When the Browns took him home they soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear.The Browns first met Paddington at a railway station, Paddington Station. He had come from darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. When the Browns took him home they soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear.