Friday during English Composers class we went for a walk around some sites that had significance to English music. We went to Green Park where a concert had been composed for a fireworks show and event and then to the home of George Frideric Handel. In London there are little blue plaques up at points of historical significance, and there were two plaques about 4 windows apart on Handel's home: one for Handel ("Composer lived in this house from 1723 and died here") and one for Jimi Hendrix ("Guitarist and Songwriter lived here 1968-1969"). Funny juxtaposition.
After class I was able to finally get to Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park, something long overdue. I took a book and sat on a bench for a while to read, which was a great way to wind down at the end of a week.
Here are some highlights of pictures I took, but check out the full album here for more.
A duck for Grandpa:
After returning to the flats from Hyde Park, I met up with a friend who is studying abroad in Rome but was visiting for the weekend. Another friend in London and I took her on a brief sightseeing walk and somehow managed to pack a lot into it. I brought my camera along for this too, and it was nice to get to some places I hadn't even been yet.
Some photos from that:
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