Pizzas, Pads, Proms

With another working week behind us, we headed home on Friday with a quiet night on our minds. We were, however, beckoned to dinner, pizza with Jane and Justin in Angel. Angel was busy, with the high street cafes, pubs and clubs all bursting at the seams. Following our tasty dinner, we wandered the short walk to the Charles Lamb for a drink. With the Lamb closing at 11, we called it an early night and hopped on the tube home.




With our curent accomodation expiring in mid October, we are beginning our house hunting. As such we spent Saturday scoping out areas and making contact with some of the local real estate agents. Although it appears that the returning students have taken all the properties available at the moment, it was good to visit Camden and Mornington Crescent, the areas which are currently at the top of our list.

Saturday evening contained our major event for the weekend, Proms in the Park. In conjunction with the Last Night of the Proms, concerts are held in five parks around the UK. We along with 400,000 other people descended upon Hyde Park to hear Terry Wogan host an amazing concert which opened with the BBC Concert Orchestra playing the theme from Star Wars, followed with the theme from Doctor Who. Both of which are quite incredible when played by a full orchestra! Throughout the night various opera singers sung, a clarinet soloist soloed, and a Pop Idol winner popped. Soon however it was time to cross to the Royal Albert Hall to witness the classics Pomp & Circumstance, Land of Hope and Glory and the Sea Fantasia including Rule Britannia! Of course, it was all topped off with Jerusalem, a rousing rendition of God Save the Queen and some fireworks.

Terry Wogan in Full Flight.

God Save the Queen.

Kablam!

Sunday we met up with a distant relative of Sal's who had just recently arrived in London before heading to Nottingham University for a semester. We met and had multiple coffees at one of Antonio Carluccio's many cafes, and of course spent hours trading travelling stories. Sunday afternoon was spent relaxing in front of the rugby, before a local pub meal for dinner and preparations for the coming work week.


So that's it for this week, link to my map is at the top!