Handel, Hendrix and Homework!

Tuesday 7/31:
With such little sleep from the night before, waking up this morning was not an easy task! Fortunately, I was able to make it to class on time-- which was mostly pointless for me today because my creative non-fiction class didn't meet and we had a grad student come speak about Virginia Woolf for my Women's authors class. I was zoned out the entire time the woman was speaking because my mind was on my laundry that I had left back at the flat and the fact that no one told me it was a bad idea to wash all of my pants at the same time... anyway, after class my friend and I fully intended on going back to the flats and napping but instead we went to our favorite Bagel place and as always, it was delicious! We ended up sitting in the small restaurant and talking for almost 2 hours! I think above and beyond all of the amazing-ness that London has to offer, my favorite part of this trip has been making the friends I have and just getting to bond with people I probably wouldn't have met otherwise. After lunch we went back to the flats and quickly got ready to go meet up with the rest of our class at the Handel House (the house that the famous composer spent most of his life). After getting lost and walking in the wrong direction for a few blocks, we finally made it there! It was really interesting to see the kind of environment he typically composed in...very dark and solitary... We were also surprised to find that Jimi Hendrix lived in a flat connected to the main house for a year or so! They had some pictures of him living there displayed- so cool! After the tour was over, we were treated to a short concert of some of Handel's famous works played on a harpsichord modeled after the one he used to play. It was lovely! After the concert and a lesson in the biology of the instrument, we walked down to SoHo and Oxford circus for dinner and ended up at this small little bar/club place- it was really cute and delicious, and since everyone loves to know what I'm eating- I ordered a chicken and avocado club sandwich YUM! I feel very fortunate that I haven't eaten bad once since I've been here!!
After those afternoon festivities, I returned to my flat and hung my laundry up to air-dry (let's hope that I'll have a dry pair of pants for tomorrow!) to work on some homework for the rest of the night.
I hope my last few days haven't been boring you to tears!
xoxo