I just had to post this picture- it's a fairly nice one!

It was taken at Hampton Court, where we spent the day admiring Henry VIII's 1,000 room castle with attached gardens. We learned a lot about the Tudors- Henry's six wives (two of whom he had executed), and his longing for an heir (that's why he kept acquiring new wives). We ate lunch on a sunny bench in the beautiful gardens, wandered through the maze, had tea and scones, then attended an Evensong (a sung church service) in the chapel before heading back on the train to Waterloo Station.

Let's see, this was the first night out of five that we haven't seen a classical music concert- Wednesday was the London Philharmonic, Thursday was the Philharmonia Orchestra, Friday was the Royal College of Music's Symphonia Orchestra, and Saturday was the New London Choir and Orchestra performing Mozart's Requiem in St. Martin-in-the-Fields- whew! All amazing, of course.

I keep finding little reminders of Ghana all around London, which is a pleasant surprise. I suppose it's because they were a British colony up until 1957. I just figured they were sorta opposite ends of the earth. We ate British foods while we were there, so I'm always seeing them here and I heard a Ghanaian pop song yesterday in Leicester Square that made me really happy. The traffic here is similar, too: everyone seems to create their own lanes and threaten to run over pedestrians without blinking an eye.

I wish I could sit down and write a really long post about everything- but we're just doing so much I can hardly keep up! We're supposed to keep a journal as part of our classes, but at this point my entries consist of a list of places we went and the experiences and impressions will have to be added in later.

Tomorrow I'm off to my second day working with Tyrone doing Children's Music Workshops in primary schools in East London. I promise to write more about that soon- it's such a great experience. British accents are even more adorable on children.

Cheers!