Woke up this morning slightly earlier than usual – for a Saturday anyway – it had rained during the night and now it was really, really warm and humid! Ah well, good thing I guess, as it meant I got up, did my food shopping and then trundled into London with Sam to do some wandering. The plan was to meet up with others later on to go to a Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall, and it seemed a long way to go just for a concert, so I thought I’d make a day of it.

The afternoon was spent attempting to do lots of little chores in Chinatown, some of which I succeeded and some just fell flat on its face. The remainder of the time was spent perusing masterpieces in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. I hadn’t realised so many works of art were on display there!

A quick hop on the tube and we were sitting under the Albert Memorial, with the others, eating sandwiches before the concert.

The concert itself was superb, although I wasn’t keen on the Janacek – my favourite being the Mozart Piano Concerto in E flat for two pianos, followed by the Dvorak Symphony no. 7. I was surprised that some preferred the Janacek over the Mozart. I guess I’m just a fan of Baroque/early classical music. 🙂