Here is my first attempt at posting photos- bear with me! On the left is a picture of our flat! We live on floor 2, and it looks really narrow, but the building goes very far back. I've been pretty pleased with the living situation so far. It's been really nice to cook for myself, too! We made stuffed bell peppers tonight that were delicious.









This picture is of the Albert Memorial and Royal Albert Hall taken from Hyde Park, which is right across the street from the flat. Tom and I took our stale bread and fed the geese/ducks/swans on The Serpentine Lake. It's a wonderful place to people watch and dog watch.



This picture is taken from Trafalgar Square looking at Big Ben. The first weekend we were here, there was a big festival concert in Trafalgar Square for the Russian New Year that consisted of some really ridiculous Russian rock bands. The National Gallery is right on Trafalgar Square, which is very enjoyable. We saw some Van Gogh and Monet the other day, and we plan to go back to do the rest. We'll actually be going back there next week for our fine arts class.

This is a picture of some stained glass windows at Westminster Abby. We had a great guided tour, and got to see the incredible number of plaques to honor the famous people buried there. We stood on Handel's grave, hoping to absorb some musical talent.

This last picture is from tonight. Tom and I went to see the Philharmonia Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall (playing a bunch of really cool Prokofiev) and on our way back, we found ourselves taking in this incredible view of Big Ben and Parliament.

I have so much more to talk about- shadowing children's music workshops in inner city schools, bellringing with a local group in an old church in Putney, seeing Beethoven's 7th tomorrow, Mozart's Requiem Saturday, going to Hampton Court on Sunday- SO much! But, I must figure out where I need to go to watch Hamlet the opera performed for kids tomorrow!

Cheers!